In General, Talking About Human Rights Tends

Laws Matter, But Typically Changing The Law By Itself Accomplishes Little.

Neither Western Donor Countries Like The U.s. Nor Poor Recipients Like Cameroon Care Much About Africans Who Are Poor, Rural And Female

I Think It's Dangerous To Be Optimistic.

So Kim Kardashian Is Getting A Divorce, 72 Days After A Wedding That Is Variously Reported To Have Cost $10 Million Or More. Just To Put That In Perspective, That Sum Could Have Built 200 Schools In Poor Countries Around The World For Kids Who Desperately Want An Education. Then Kardashian Could Have Helped Transform The World, Not Just Entertain It. And The Schools Would Have Lasted Incomparably Longer Than Her Marriage.

I Try To Be Careful About Wording. One Of The Things I've Tried To Combat In My Blog Is The Notion That Journalists Are Arrogant And Unconcerned With The Readership.