This is a piece I wrote for my college newspaper and something I’ve been thinking about a lot as I attempt to justify my decision to spend the next two years of my life as a PeaceCorps Volunteer in Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world. Photo Credit : von Hafften As a [...]
Last weekend, the California Democratic party convened for its annual meeting where it debated and amended a party platform that addresses 23 issues ranging from “business and the economy” to the last category, “world peace.” Unfortunately, none of the 9,000 words managed to address the true issue: California is a failed state. While the term “failed [...]
August 15th 2008 Being home is really nice. A lot of things are different; water now arrives consistently and is warm without containing the faint smell of a charcoal stove, I no longer tuck my bed inside of a large mosquito net before sleeping, there aren’t locks on every door and I don’t padlock my [...]
