Archive for July, 2009
A Good Week
Saturday, July 25th, 2009It’s been a good week. I traveled to Geneva with United Methodist, Lutheran and United Nations Foundation colleagues to meet with staff of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. United Methodists and Lutherans are partnering with the United Nations Foundation and the Global Fund to raise funds to eliminate malaria. The conversation [...]
Malaria and Hope: Why Domingos Antonic Matters
Friday, July 10th, 2009This is about hope. I ask you to stay with me and I’ll get there. But first I need to recount an experience that put hope to test. It starts with this lead-in to a story in Interpreter magazine about efforts to prevent malaria:
Watching a small child die from malaria is a horrific experience.
First come the [...]
Obama in Africa
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009President Obama’s trip to Africa early in his term is a departure from past Presidents. Most don’t get there until late in their terms. For this reason the Obama visit is viewed with great hope.
In a letter to the President, a group of faith leaders affirmed his visit and called for four changes in U.S. [...]
Africa Land Grab
Sunday, July 5th, 2009Some are calling it an African land grab. It’s led by outside investors with plans for food production, not for Africa but for their own populations. A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says acquisition of African land by outside investment groups has stepped up in the last twelve months.
The [...]
The Media and Junk Culture
Friday, July 3rd, 2009Update : Bob Herbert writes a compelling assessment of the culture that has developed in the wake of the Jackson era. He says Michael mania was the beginning of extreme immaturity and grotesque irresponsibility.
Around three in the afternoon on July 2, three cable news networks simultaneously played and replayed a video of Michael Jackson’s [...]