Nairobi I spent much of the first day of the World Social Forum held here in Kenya participating in sessions organized by the Habitat International–Coalition (HI–C). I was even a participant on the panel at the first general session on housing in the afternoon to ever be organized in the 7 WSF events to this date. The …
Month: January 2007
What $1.2 Trillion Buys
Newark Interesting, and disturbing, piece by Times columnist David Leonhardt the other day that I would like to share. $1.2 Trillion dollars is the cost of the war in Iraq. This breaks down to $200 Billion per year. For the same dollars, Leonhardt points out we could do the following: Universal health care in U.S …
Too Yum-y!
New Orleans What are the odds? Has to be a gazillion to one! But, when it hits, then it hits hard. A piece in the Times yesterday was every campaign organizer’s secret dream come true. A target was caught naked walking into an inadvertent trap. Seems that PETA — the People for the Ethical …