As a concerned foreigner, one who wants the best for East Africans, I can’t help but file a serious complaint against the new Mombasa Port Authority: I have a friend who is trying to import a factory machine from China to jump start the coastal green economy. Six months ago, when he started the process,Continue reading “Complaint about Mombasa Port Authority”
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Terry’s Birth
I first figured out that I was pregnant as a married graduate student at UPenn. I of course called the insurance folks so that I could be a responsible expectant mother and take my vitamins and follow the fetus’ development. But guess what: UPenn’s student health didn’t cover maternity care! Because what women between theContinue reading “Terry’s Birth”
Pope Francis is Dead
He died on Easter Monday, how appropriate. I was very sad. I really had liked the man. It seemed to me, from my far-away perch, that he tried very hard to ease us out of our worship of dollar bills and into respecting human life. But he didn’t make it. I’m in Nairobi today andContinue reading “Pope Francis is Dead”
About Time
Is it true that we are just killing time until it kills us? What even is time? Einstein taught us that it truly IS completely relative. But we knew that! Those ten minutes in which you are getting your teeth drilled last a great deal longer than the ten minutes in your bath. Time isContinue reading “About Time”
The View from a Broad 