You Don't Need To Invade A Place

If The U.s. Wants To Help People In Tsunami-hit Countries Like Sri Lanka And Indonesia - Not To Mention Other Poor Countries In Africa - There's One Step That Would Cost Us Nothing And Would Save Hundreds Of Thousands Of Lives. It Would Be To Allow Ddt In Malaria-ravaged Countries.

There Seems To Be This Sense Among Even Well-meaning Americans That Africa Is This Black Hole Of Murder And Mutilation That Can Never Be Fixed, No Matter What Aid Is Brought In.

It Is Better To Inconsistently Save Some Lives Than To Consistently Save None.

While Americans Have Heard Of Darfur And Think We Should Be Doing More There, They Aren't Actually Angry At The President About Inaction

The Fact That People Will Pay You To Talk To People And Travel To Interesting Places And Write About What Intrigues You, I Am Just Amazed By That.