“What I really want to know is this? Are things getting better? Or are they getting worse?” – Laurie Anderson, “Same Time Tomorrow” This is… Read More »Are things getting better? Or are they getting worse?
Who’s writing about Lu Banglie? Not American newspapers. Not yet, at least. As of 4pm today, a search on Google News for “lu banglie” turned… Read More »Who’s writing about Lu Banglie?
Guardian reporter Benjamin Joffe-Walt was trying to learn more about the battle over villager’s rights taking place in Taishi village in southern China. He learned… Read More »Taishi – The Whole World is Watching. Or should be…
A few months ago, when airwaves were abuzz with talk about Africa because of the G8 meeting in Gleneagles and the Live 8 concerts, I… Read More »I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke
The New York Times ran an article yesterday considering a number of strategies being used to augment measures of national income – notably Gross Domestic… Read More »Bhutan: Not everyone is happy with the Hermit Kingdom
It’s been a little over a year since I stopped working on Geekcorps, and I’m finally getting to the point where I don’t get introduced… Read More »Geekcorps pride – the kids have done good…