Sparing you the suspense: Here’s what I eat and drink in Rwanda
My morning meal was so remarkably German (smoked sausage and cheese) that it struck me I should maybe put a little post up about…
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Jina 2, Mosquitos 1
Bastards.
Read MoreForgive us our tresspasses, when we admit them with humor…
From a correction posted to a Feb. 18, 2008, NYT Story, “Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location”: “An article in some editions…
Read MoreI can’t believe I’m posting about George Clooney
It has come to this. But maybe the “it” isn’t me… Hold on, we need some context: Clooney recently had a dark-night-of-the-soul (or of…
Read MoreJina leaves walker behind, joins digital revolutionaries younger than her
I think I figured out the RSS feed, which is the way-hipper answer to subscribing to a blog than subscribing by email. You know,…
Read MoreA pretty drastic-sounding AIDS treatment
The Rwandan government recently decided to recommend male circumcision as a method of dealing with a rising AIDS rate. There have been studies that…
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My preferred felony
Let me tell you about the child I’d like to steal. I can’t steal this one, though, not only because stealing babies is illegal,…
Read MoreThe civics of capitalism
I ran into an article today that raises a point similar to one that troubled me earlier, about the seeming panacea of purchasing power….
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Bush Sees Results of His AIDS Plan in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA; AND KIGALI, RWANDA — In 2006, when Kau Makgosa was diagnosed with HIV, a new US-funded program provided him with free…
Read MoreGeography jokes
These satire places are great at them — but only because we, as a collective nation, appear incredibly stupid. The latest take on the…
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