WaterAid America

Sunday is World Water Day

Last summer I spent several days with a Ugandan family in a suburb outside Kampala, Uganda’s capital.  When this family needs water for washing, cooking, and drinking, the daughters walk about a quarter of a mile to go get it.  After a few hours of insisting that i wanted to go with them to collect [...]

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Good for a Laugh

My favorite college professor would tell you he is an entertainer, not a lecturer.  His point is that he isn’t going to hold your interest or get you to learn much if he can’t effectively communicate why Jonathan Swift’s writing was so daring or why T.S. Eliot’s grasp of the English language was so incredible.  [...]

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