The Bush administration will use two waivers to skirt barriers that have thwarted its plans to finish building 670 miles of fence along the southwest US border by the end of this year. The project is nearly half finished, with 309 miles completed mid-March, but laws, regulations and environmental challenges have prevented 267 of the […]
Voices and Votes, Zimbabwe Style
Of voices and votes Zimbabwe style By Busani Bafana, March 29 2008 The world is talking, listening, watching and anticipating. So are more than 13 million Zimbabweans, nearly half of whom registered to vote in the country’s watershed elections today. At 0900 hours GMT, I was one of the 5.9 million Zimbabweans who cast their […]
Fall
Fall is my favorite–I like to think it’s a time for new beginnings. Public school years start, universities open, and colder, crisper air replaces the stagnant, moist collections that have been dangling all around us and in us the entire summer. That air was heavy repressive; it held us back. Fall winds push us forward, […]
Orienteering: the “Treasure Hunting” Sport
Orienteering can appeal to the very young, the senior citizen, the weekend walker, or the competitive athlete; anyone who likes the outdoors, who enjoys treasure hunts, or who likes to live by his or her wits; or for anyone who gets lost or turned around in unfamiliar territory. But it’s especially made to order for […]
Part 13: El Camino de Santiago
Camino Day 13 Buenos Dias Los Amigos, Today’s stage took us the massively impressive distance of 34 kms, from Leon to Hospital de Orbigo. This morning and last night were like the first day of school all over again. Exactly the same as at Roncesvalles, where we started some 22 years ago, there was a […]
Part 9: El Camino de Santiago
Camino Day 10 Buenos dias los amigos! Today’s stage took us from Beldorado to the last village outside of Burgos, Ages (Pronounced Ajez) (ahh-hace). Today was by far my most enjoyable day on the Camino so far! I know this might come as much of a surprise to you as it has to me, but today […]
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