Some colleauges and I are leaving tonight to travel to Caracas, Venezuela for the World Social Forum. This will be the first time I have traveled to Latin America and I look forward to the exposure. I will be presenting on a subject close to my heart, microcredit. for this crowd, i am going to [...]
saw a great documentary this week called “the corporation.” it told a pretty interesting story about how corporations gained their special legal status as persons. this link to wiki on the subject is a good start. it seems that corporations used the 14th amendment as a private way of escaping pesky government policies. strange things [...]
This is copied word for word from an email I sent out to a friend today. The last paragraph is in reference to a conversation this gentleman and I had yesterday. I had stated that force was only legitimate when there existed a resisting and opposing counter-force. Who do you think is more effective? http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/whalers-ram-greenpeace-ship. [...]
well, i am sure angelina jolie and brad pitt could answer that question in a number of ways but what is it capable of buying in the international sphere? apparently, it is enough money to buy Jordan’s betrayal of the International Criminal Court. amazing that the US still wants to claim that this convention is [...]
goodness. can Iraq ever become stable under these conditions? is that the wrong question? is it better that democracy is at least seeding in Iraq? but what can be the future hope for democracy when such a large portion of the population refuses not only to participate but actively is fighting the regime? can this [...]