The Senate yesterday passed a bill to create a wall across part of the Mexican border. 700 miles, to be exact, out of the 1951 miles that comprises our border with Mexico. What this bill will not do: -Help us register the significant number of undocumented immigrants in our country -Prevent terrorists feared to be …
Africa Lite, Part II of II
...Botswana’s northeastern neighbor, Zimbabwe, suffers from stereotypical African repression and poverty. As the story goes, after overthrowing minority white colonial rule (either violently or non-violently), an indigenous strongman (sometimes democratically, sometimes with the help of the military) wins power, promising (or not) to operate in solidarity with the poor. Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe since …
Five, Sickus, Seven, Eight
Learning another language is hard. Teaching another language - that is a different beast. Through a class last semester, I attempted to teach English to two very different kinds of students. One, Camilo Rodriguez, is a Columbian anthropologist, educated and financially stable. He and I took turns teaching and learning each other's languages. Second, I …
