Sacramento Hitting New Orleans for less than 24 hours and then off to California, forces a sort of homeless, stateless sense to begin to settle in. Some things seem to be moving to align everywhere, while others are breaking away. Let me share some examples: According the UK Guardian, the reaction to paying bonuses in the …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Donors and Dollars
Dar es Salaam Ripple effects of the current global recession continue to amaze me as it seems the impacts widen farther and farther. Last night visiting with the country director for Oxfam Great Britain, and hearing about her program around Tanzania, it was disheartening to hear that since her arrival she has been in the unanticipated …
Oliver’s Letter to the Mayor
February 5, 2009 London From the brand new Terminal 5 at Heathrow I can see the snow still on the ground everywhere even on this gray, overcast sky. Planes just hours before mine were still being cancelled in this city that seems to have about as much experience with a snow storm as my …