April 2016

I am so sorry

By María D Gómez [April 2016] The internet is just great. Thanks to this tool we have been able to meet again after having lost touch for 25 years. Time does fly. It seems like yesterday when we met in college and went together to look for our very first apartment. I remember very well the fabulous […]

From Beirut to Bombay: Big cities struggle to manage their own waste

You Stink!   In July 2015, thousands of Lebanese citizens rallied on the streets of Beirut protesting against the government’s inaction over enormous heaps of garbage lying all over the city. Barely a week ago, the government had shut the Naameh landfill, that served most of Beirut, because it had outrun its capacity.  The city’s […]

Make America Silent Again (THE ESSAY)

No one can hear me. Over the noise and dust of all the hard electioneering for the post of Presidential nominee. The Presidential campaign is exactly like that for any consumer item. Pick one Presidential nominee from among many. You choose.   Choose me – screams a presidential hopeful to a young, gun-carrying, evangelist Christian. […]