These are extraordinary days – in both good and painful ways.
Are you tracking with the situation in Egypt?
Part of why this and so many of our current global affairs are so complex for me is that it’s difficult to exegete the event as an isolated event. I fear that this is what we often do – rather than seeing it in the lens of a larger picture and history.
This is why our affairs as a country in the larger world are so difficult and complex to understand. We have a long and complicated history – both internally as a country but also in relationships with our global neighbors. Truth be told, it make absolute sense for leaders and governments to seek their self-interests but when we seek our self-interests at the expense of others or at times, while oppressing others, it’ll catch to that respective country in the long run. This is why everything in Egypt seems so confusing to me. It’s too easy for America to wipe our hands at the situation in Egypt and Mubarek when in fact, we may have been complicit in some of Egypt’s affairs that have finally led to the current uprising.
Whatever the past, it seems clear to me that there is a fundamental declaration in all revolts and revolution: Read the rest of this entry »
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I’ve been meaning to write a post or two about health care but my own personal thoughts have been so jumbled as I’ve sought to process some information amidst all the heckling, shouting, screaming, finger pointing, and demonizing.
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