Vallejo Rick Smith of WARN and I putting a lot of miles on a rental with $4.45 per gallon gas all over Central Valley and Southern California over coming days on the Wal-Mart trail. We are looking and talking to a lot of people about some very specific issues, but none are more fundamental …
Category: Personal Writings
Report from Mongolia
San Francisco Our colleague and friend, Na Hyowoo of Asian Bridge returned the other day from a trip to Mongolia as part of his work where he had been observing the progress towards democracy. He shared the following report about the recent riot in that country against corruption and other issues, which gives a …
Constant Gardener
New Orleans I finally stumbled on the 2005 movie, Constant Gardener, set in Africa, including extensive footage of the slums of Kibera and watched it front to back. The movie was directed by the gritty Brazilian director, Fernando Meirelles, famed for City of God, filmed in the favelas of Rio de Janiero. Constant Gardener …