Never had a chance!
It was 1956, Brooklyn, NYC, the year after our beloved Dodgers had finally won a World Series from those Damn Yankees. We...
Maybe a child slave makes the chocolate that you are eating
“People are enjoying something (chocolate) that I suffered to make. They are eating my Flesh.”
Human violence: Pervasive, multi-dimensional and extinction-threatening
Violence is pervasive throughout human society and it has a vast range of manifestations. Moreover, some of these manifestations – particularly the...
The recipe for disaster
I tune into many cooking shows lately. They all have lots of recipes for just about any kind of dish one can...
Norvergence – From Syrian children holding Pokemon Go placard to save their lives to...
Environmentalists at Norvergence believe that the different ways in which today’s generation especially children are raising their voice against injustice or climate...
The struggle for peace in Afghanistan: Is community engagement the key?
I have just read a superb book by Mark Isaacs, an Australian who has documented several years of effort by a group...
Norvergence: It’s time to remember the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster
George Stacey, an environmentalist at Norvergence: “I’ll never forget Bhopal Gas Tragedy- a man-made catastrophe resulted in the death of over 4,000...
A Review of Marcelo Gullo’s book: “International Relations: A Critical Theory from the South...
The book: “Relaciones internacionales: Una teoría crítica desde la periferia sudamericana” (International Relations: a Critical Theory from the South American periphery) contains...
You don’t need a weatherman…
Taken from one of Bob Dylan's songs, Subterranean Homesick Blues, this lyric "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"...
What we are missing
It is summer, I’m a teacher, nearly unpaid, and have the gift of prep time for fall classes. I’m also being indulgent...