Month: June 2010

This is the first in a five-part series of my visit with the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development and the projects they support in southern Ghana. Cross posted from Worldwatch...

Under the current rules of the Senate, if you don’t have 60 votes you can’t pass anything. There are two main avenues for obtaining 60 votes. The first is to compromise. You let a few individual lawmakers have a...

There’s been a lot of bashing of Israel over its attack which resulted in the deaths of the Gaza aid activists. Many here rightly question the value of America’s continued unmitigated support for an ally that bombs...

Finally a little piece of good news. Egypt opens Rafah border crossing with Gaza AFP – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday ordered the opening of the Rafah border crossing to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza...

I woke up this morning and looked at the news. You know what? I don’t want to write about Israel. I’ve already said what needs to be said. Whether you oppose Israel’s policies or you support them, you need to...