by David Sasaki | Jul 9, 2008 | English, Global Voices, Globalization, Rising Voices
It’s not very hard to convince people – friends, family, strangers – that Global Voices is amazing and deserving of their support. In fact, not once have I described what I do for a living to anyone and heard the reaction, ‘well, that sounds...
by David Sasaki | Jun 2, 2008 | English, Globalization, Immigration
As if immigrants to the Western world don’t have enough to worry about with accusations of terrorism and complaints of non-assimilation, they must also endure the frequent criticisms that come from their home country. If they become too involved in the affairs...
by David Sasaki | Feb 18, 2007 | Globalization, Venezuela 2006
It’s hard to believe that it has already been five months since I was sitting in the café courtyard of the Galería de Arte Nacional in Caracas and writing a blog post that I intended to publish that same afternoon. Like so many nearly finished blog posts,...
by David Sasaki | Mar 13, 2005 | English, Globalization, Politics
It’s Sunday morning … and true to the name, the sunlight, roughly eight minutes after leaving its home, is blasting furiously outside. So is the wind. And my honey and I are taking refuge from both in the cool shade of our upstairs bedroom. What are we...
by David Sasaki | Nov 18, 2004 | Blogger Debates, English, Globalization, Politics
In my outreach effort to get both more conservatives and more liberals to be part of the conversation, many of my fellow liberals are writing back to say that they will discuss economics when we get there, but that they can’t discuss moral issues because they do...
by David Sasaki | Aug 2, 2004 | English, Globalization
When I first started this blog, I didn’t quite know what I was getting into. I figured every third week or so I had a bright enough thought while sitting on the toilet and maybe this would be a way for me to put out those defecated gems of wisdom for anyone who...