Image vs. Substance

Image vs. Substance Whether Obama is in the White House, or not, to expect America to be a color blind country is too naive. The question should not focus on the presence of Racist cops in the land. Of course, there are. They are only a reflection of the society at large. The question should [...]

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E-Waste in Ghana

E-waste in Ghana. Ghana which has been viewed as one of Africa’s most stable democracies, has recently been getting bad press as the dumping ground for electronics waste. According to Greenpeace, “The latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing horrendous pollution in Ghana. Our analysis of samples taken from two electronic [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI: Capitalism without Ethics

Pope Benedict XVI: Capitalism without Ethics. As the world was preparing for the 2009 G8 summit that was held in L’Aquila, Italy, Pope Benedict XVI came out with his encyclical letter entitled Charity in Truth. In this third encyclical of his pontificate the pope dealt with a number of issues including the environment, energy, migration, [...]

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Zealous for war

Zealous for war Browsing through the Washington Post of July 2, 2009, I was absorbed by an article that was salivating for war. It was written by John R. Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. who is now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Ambassador Bolton seems to be pressed for time.  [...]

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Whoredom

Whoredom. “ In the hell brew of media whoredom that began spewing forth when word of Michael Jackson’s demise got out, 5 p.m. –ish Eastern time Thursday, CNN leapt from 1.1. million viewers to 4 million, MSNBC jumped from 600,000 to 2 million, and FOX News Channel bounced from 2 million to 3.5 million. Not [...]

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