In my previous blog I talked about the effectiveness of the RILA on lobbying congress and how it illustrates the methods that FCNL and others teach about changing the face of our legal/policy reality. Something that bothers me about this though, which I did not mention in the blog, is the fairly obvious reality that … Read more
Two blogs in one week after such a dry spell, it’s crazy I know, but I’m feeling in the mood to write these days. I wanted to highlight a few things based on my experience at FCNL, in DC/Congress, and in my understanding of human nature from this excerpt of this article in the NY … Read more
I have been sick for a good long while now, some where over a month. I think I cleaned my sinuses with water that was treated, but unpurified which started an infection. Initially I thought it was an allergy attack, but some where around week 2.5 after two visits to the doctors here I gave … Read more
Several years ago I took an international relations course at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, it was an intro course taught (I think) by Alan Lamborn, which changed the face of my political understanding. It was in this course that I first began to understand politics and it’s impact on our lives. He upended … Read more
Uganda, which already has a laws concerning gay sex, is planning laws that broaden homosexual illegalization. This has already happened to some degree in Burundi (who previously crimilized gays) and has been introduced in Rwanda, however the law that’s been introduced in Uganda is much harsher. There’s a debate going on within the ex-pat activist … Read more
I started at 7:30am and arrived at 7pm in Gisenyi, Rwanda yesterday. A very long trip, but one which I could not imagine being more beautiful. I will have to upload the pictures later, but as tomorrow we are going to Goma (in the DRC) for the day, I may not have time for a … Read more
I just spent a few minutes rehashing my thoughts, then signing up for debix identity protection. I wrote a post a while back about personal security, which is part of the reasoning behind this. I’m not overly likely to run into credit issues in Rwanda or Burundi I don’t think, but I’ve had problems in … Read more
These maps represent the status quo and are a snapshot of a progression (the same as if we were to simulate evolution in a computer model). Some times we go one direction, some times we head another,
As a follow up to my post on the Short of why TSA Fails, Fallows makes some useful points on the same topic. I think one of the reasons I like him is because he uses reason and thinks strategically, as he shows in this post.
I like to travel and I don’t travel as much as others, but being intelligent, curious, and fascinated by airplanes, airlines, and travel I’ve been engaged in a continuing cycle of learning about how secure our travel really are. If you’ve done any real research in the matter you’ll have found that TSA is equivalent … Read more