On the American Election

On the American Election

Some friends of mine find it strange that I haven’t been writing or saying much of anything about what most of them see as the most important opportunity of our generation: the potential election of Barack Obama as president of the United States. So concerned...
Rebuilding Liberia's Media

Rebuilding Liberia's Media

How do you rebuild a country from scratch? First you need a government. Liberia, so far, has that under the leadership of President Ellen “Irony Lady” Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of state. Second, especially in the case of a...
Liberia: America's First Colony

Liberia: America's First Colony

My hope was that I wouldn’t be blogging much about Liberia. Rather, I had hoped to train as many Liberians how to blog as possible and then simply point to what they have to say. Unfortunately, because of lack of infrastructure outside of our cushy hotel, it...