Sorry for leaving you all in the dark after the Half Marathon Blog. That evening after the Half Marathon I was actually going to go on my blog and pu ... [Read]

First O.J. goes down and now this. It’s almost like there’s hope for the criminal justice system after all. We can convict a celebrity! ... [Read]

 I don’t normally promote my own stuff when writing my editorials. But today is different. You see, I have a brand new book and today is Launch ... [Read]

‘They held the boy and convened a gathering of other extremist fellows over there’ and ‘some of their leader delivered a speech mainly consisting of t ... [Read]

One of the hot-button environmental issues is Global Warming. While some people argue we must be more specific and refer to “anthropogenic Global War ... [Read]

I think I am going to do a couple of posts on perceptions of science. I am not in the science arena, I use it every day as an engineer and I understan ... [Read]

I can feel a To-Do List coming on. Or perhaps it is more of a Get Through it and Out the Other Side List. The time-line for this list is not defined, ... [Read]

Felted Earth Ball by Cozycottagecreations. As someone who absolutely despises shopping, and will avoid department stores, malls and shops with their m ... [Read]

It's been a thoroughly awful week. A combination of things, too personal for me talk about, and too tedious to bore you with. I wake up to find I am g ... [Read]

The selected photo may seem a bit idealistic for the tone of the current campaign and the cynicism that greets all these political seasons. But it's p ... [Read]

What do striking Hollywood writers and journalists have in common? We both see our work distributed far and wide, thanks to modern technology. And we' ... [Read]

My mom had a rule when I was a kid during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan: There is no whining during fasting. RELATED F ... [Read]

We are saddened and angered by yesterday’s murder of Walberto Hoyos, a community leader in the Bajo Atrato region of Chocó department, in Colomb ... [Read]

This weekend’s edition of the Colombian newsmagazine Semana ran a troubling article about how the Colombian armed forces are responding to incre ... [Read]

Here, thanks to an excellent translation from CIP Intern Anthony Dest, is the text of an article that appeared this weekend in the Colombian newsmagaz ... [Read]

[caption id="attachment_693" align="aligncenter" width="510" caption="The Disturbing Passenger Quarters of the Hector"]  The Hector The ferry from P ... [Read]