liadanslyre

this is taken from the kinnell's blog while they are in tanzania.
read them here...

happy last day of the g8 to you and yours!
(i'm submitting that to hallmark.)

here's some coverage that you might like to read...

the economist's take (a good overview)
rueter's coverage
one case for the skeptic

brookings fellow reviews 'reality' of aid to africa.

today's chewable vitamin
"a true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. a revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast between poverty and wealth. with righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists in the west investing huge sums of money in asia, africa, and south america only to take profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say: 'this is not just.'"
- martin luther king jr.