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Suppose that those whom you loved most in the world were slated to be horribly tortured and brutally killed. Now suppose that all you have to do to stop this hideous occurrence is to stop eating meat. Would you do it?
Al Gore claims we are all going to die from Global Warming…
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Following an unannounced
visit by former President Bill Clinton, North Korean leader Kim
Jong Il has pardoned imprisoned American journalists Laura Ling and
Euna Lee and ordered their release... Read More »
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South Korea – North Korea convicted two American journalists and sentenced them Monday to 12 years of hard labor for crossing into its territory, intensifying the reclusive nation’s confrontation with the United States.
The incident transpired from former Vice…
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I’m in the middle of reading The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, a memoir by Jacqueline Novogratz. The book traces her journey from her time as a young banker in Africa to her current role as the founder of the Acumen Fund, a new kind of venture fund that invests in market-oriented approaches to solving problems like access to health, water, housing and energy, around the world.
As I thought about her life, I started wondering what is it that makes people like Novogratz able to do what the rest of us merely wish we had the ability to do -- make real contact with people in need and actually do something to move them out of poverty. I was especially curious about what Novogratz would say to people living in the developed world who are so worried about their own diminished financial well-being that they find it hard to imagine how they could meaningfully affect the lives of less fortunate people in Africa or Pakistan.
So I had a meeting and a series of email conversations with her to get some answers, and some inspiration. After the jump is a condensed version of our discussion.
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German Philosopher Professor Jurgan Habermas demands all participants in intellectual discourse to possess “participant knowledge”. In doing so, he deprived the majority of mankind of...
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Later tonight Former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to speak to Democratic Party faithful. It has been eight years since Gore lost one of this nation’s closest elections for the White House. But he has emerged as the most recognized unsuccessful U.S....
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While Michael Phelps is buying
condos, hosting Saturday Night Live, and making out with Australian
swimmers (not that I blame the guy for having some fun, mind you),
adorable pixie-person Shawn Johnson was in Denver, leading the
pledge of allegiance at the Democratic Convention. Then
Jennifer...
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Senator Barack Obama went on a fact-finding mission in the Middle East, and seemed to make strong headway with many of the leaders of the nations he visited. Apparently, this angered Senator John McCain, who is behind in the polls. McCain blasted Obama with cheap, unsubstantiated... Read More »
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It was only a year ago when the color Green represented Dead Presidents, Shamrocks, leprechauns, birthstones and rainbows. Then Al Gore won the Oscar and the simplicity of the color Green would be forever changed. While my mind prefers to bask in mint n chip ice cream, shamrock shakes and M&M’s,... Read More »
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