International Affairs

The Big Taboo – Toilet Talk

November 11, 2006

in Environment, International Affairs

As a nurse, toilet talk has never been a taboo for me, but evidently it is for the rest of the world. I was reading Foreign Policy Magazine’s blog (which is great reading, btw), and learned that it is such a big taboo that millions are dying every year because they don’t have access to [...]

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Aren’t You Glad You Don’t Live in North Korea?

November 7, 2006

in Blogging, International Affairs

It’s election day in the US, or at least it will be in a few hours. Instead of talking about politics, I want to return to the topic of Internet censorship that I brought up a few posts ago. Reporters without Borders is organizing an online protest against Internet censorship. They’ve highlighted the world’s worst [...]

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So Long, Saddam

November 5, 2006

in International Affairs

Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to hang. How do I feel about that? I don’t really like to talk about the impending death of anyone. I’ll be honest that I am a pacifist. I think it is difficult to be in the medical profession, especially in the role of a nurse, and not be a [...]

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Global Voices – Are You Listening?

October 26, 2006

in Blogging, International Affairs

Because I’m a blogger and because right now I have the time, I read a TON of blogs. It actually becomes somewhat addictive! Anyway, my new favorite website is an aggregator of blogs from all over the world. Global Voices is an ambitious little project started by the Berkmen Center for Internet and Society at [...]

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Heavy Reading…Heavy Questions

February 10, 2006

in Cambodia, International Affairs

I’ve been haunted by the images of Cambodia from the books I have been reading. I suppose that I grew up knowing that something happened there. I didn’t know what exactly, and had no idea the extent of the brutality, but I did know that there was a war, just as there was war in [...]

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