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Reclaiming Our Priorities…
It’s the beginning of the year, the wheels of commerce begin anew. It’ll be Valentines and St. Patrick’s, Easter and Mother’s day, and more all the way ‘til next Christmas. Thinking of it as a whole-yet-to-happen can make one dizzy. In between there’ll be disasters, accidents, unexpected deaths, new conflicts, old ones flaring up. It’s…
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Making Suffering Secondary?
A new World Bank study, Economic Impact of Inadequate Sanitation in India says it costs the country $54 billion a year not to have toilets and better hygiene. The cost entails not only premature deaths, especially of children, extra treatment for those who fall ill, wasted time and productivity but also lost tourism. In quantifying…
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Roma’s Laughter
Everyday I read about miseries, old and new in all parts of the globe. It’s Haiti and the Sudan, human trafficking and money laundering, the ravages of malaria and HIV/AIDS, the impact of budget crises. It’s therefore easy for me to loose sight of the way things really are, that there are signs of hope…
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