Here’s the brief, positive review in the Cape Cod Times, with a prominent photo of the book cover. It ran on the last day of the Obama’s vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. This is the local paper serving that area, and the front page included a big picture of the President and his two daughters. By…
Since the weekend, I have been remembering the toll on lives and a community, caused by Hurricane Katrina, exactly four years ago. The following story shows incredible generosity, from an unlikely place; it also demonstrates how connected others around the world feel to us in America, and to fellow citizens of humanity. Their giving knows no bounds. …
The liberation of women can change everything for the world. How do you teach this principle to your children? See the special edition of the NYT Magazine coming out this Sunday and the new book, “Half the Sky.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/magazi ne/23Women-t.html?em#
The U.S. effort in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province is pushing the Taliban into neighboring Kandahar, putting the city and its surrounding area under stress, the general who leads the U.S. intelligence efforts in Afghanistan says. … “US General admits “we’ve studied the enemy closely,” but not the people. We need to learn their culture, language, values,…
What we can learn from the scholarship of anthropologist Ann Dunham Soetoro, President Obama’s late mother. “The influence of a global mom on her son – Barack Obama.” OP-ED piece, New York Times by Michael R. Dove PRESIDENT OBAMA’s late mother, Ann Dunham Soetoro, was famous for the good cheer and optimism that she preserved in the…
I realize the ideas in Growing Up Global may seem painfully naïve to the bus driver quoted above, but I have to hold up the hope that if the youngest among us are nurtured with a mindset based on humanity’s oneness and connectedness – and the profound implications that follow – a true solution lies deep inside there, somewhere.
