The Castro Brothers

Since Kwame has been doing all the heavy lifting for this blog, I thought I’d make a contribution. Last week, I randomly attended a talk by a Professor from the University of Havana. It’s not common that you hear from a Cuban academic, especially living in the US, so I thought I [...]

Sharon Stoned?

So, normally I don’t get angry at celebrities for making foolish statements, but this time I make an exception.  Apparently, Sharon Stone, in all her wisdom, referred to the recent earthquake in China as “karma” for being “unkind” to Tibetans. 
Now, I’m not trying to make any type of comment on the situation in Tibet, but I [...]

An emerging Tiger?

One good/bad thing about staying abroad is being exposed to a variety of sports outside the big three (basketball, baseball, and football). Aside from watching Indian Premier League cricket, which amusingly flies in NFL cheerleaders to bring “spice” to the game, I’ve also chanced upon this fellow. For those of you who haven’t [...]

Piracy?

Trouble in Paradise?

Greetings from Colombo! I just arrived yesterday and am trying to get settled. Upon arrival, two words pop into mind: Green and Security.
Green
This land is beautiful. While the plane was descending to land, all the eye can see is an expanse of green. Lush forests, fertile rice fields, and a [...]

Myanmar, 8 days, and a strong case for democracy

I figure we should talk about Myanmar, so here we go.
So far, the UN estimates that between 69,290 to 101,682 people have died from the May 3 cyclone. Even the state-run Myanmar television acknowledges a death toll of 28,458. These numbers are simply tragic and astounding.
The Nobel-prize winning Economist Amartya Sen claimed that [...]

Should Hillary continue?

Yes. I may be the only Obama supporter to think so, but here are my reasons, the first two are often-cited and the third is just a hypothesis of mine:
1. Keep the Democrats in the news and keep McCain out of it.
2. Allows Obama to become fully “vetted”.
3. If you look [...]

Why does the New York Times not report on this story?

I’ll start the blog with this story, where an organization with affiliations to the Clintons have been calling mostly African American voters in southern primary states confusing them about their voter registration status in the hopes that they would not vote.
But instead of reporting on this story during the past week on the eve of [...]