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Articles By: Allie Winegar
Development: Hidden Problems and Unpleasant Answers
In many cases, developing countries are not developed because of constant war: think of Uganda, Sudan, and the Congo to start. A main issue in these countries that often goes overlooked is the oral culture that pervades those societies. In a culture where everything must be memorized, the wrongs of the past are always on one’s mind. In a culture [...]
The Real Way to “Save” Darfur
If you’re like me, every so often you’ll hear about a new group or organization working to “save” Darfur. They raise money, hold concerts, sell T-shirts, email politicians, and organize mass faxes to every official under the sun. If you’re like me, you’ve probably participated in one or all of those activities. But there is more to the Darfur Conflict [...]
Letting the Joneses Stay Ahead
Well, let’s face it: the economy is not pretty right now. It’s not just not pretty, it’s floundering. Food prices are on the rise, and Americans are sitting in their kitchens writing up family priority lists. Pundits are publicly saying, as some have for months, that we are entering a major depression. Is it true? Who knows? Either way, an [...]
Why You Should Be Tolerant Like Me
“Why can’t you be more open-minded like me?” I hear this sentence, or variations thereof, on the lips of others from time to time. The noise is a whining reminder of the supposed virtue of “tolerance,” or rather, what Americans think is tolerance. If you look up “tolerance” online, you’ll find a number of definitions, most on medical tolerance‚ although [...]