Chicago Prime Minister Singh took a big political chance on a confidence vote, essentially substituting the left parties that formed with his Congress Party, the UPA coalition, with a collection of right parties, sufficiently to win the right to continue bargaining a treaty for nuclear assistance from the USA. Had he lost the vote, …
Month: July 2008
Dreams of Fidel
New Orleans Woke up this morning rubbing my eyes and scratching my head. The only dream I could remember featured Fidel Castro as a major player. Huh? Doctor! Doctor! Somehow he was sitting in the corner on the floor of a room I didn’t recognize, but felt comfortably like home. My whole family …
People to People Support
New Orleans The Tides Momentum conference is designed to move and educate the Tides donor community by integrating them with organizations, activists, and thinkers. Ironically, the lessons that I kept taking from the event and the speakers was the urgency we must bring to our work to find more effective ways and means …