COLUMN: Why Clinton went to Haiti
President Obama believes that Americans want an administration that can take on more than one problem at a time.
In the Red: Mayworks’ opening night celebrations
Words, music and dance were the raised fists at Mayworks’ opening night celebration on Saturday, “In the Red: Revolution for Our Hearts.” The festival, which celebrates resistance through art by workers and marginalized people, kicked off with a medley of independent artists and performers exposing injustices through creativity.
Of the (extremely) random variety
[Photos from our drive]~~~~~~~~~~~~"The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and
Jeande Jean and the dream of a lifesaving motorocycle
When you’re a journalist, asking stupid questions is an occupational hazard — something that’s even more true when you don’t understand the language or are new to a culture.
Haiti’s accursed descent
‘I thought, `This is going to be it,’ ” said Patrick. “Then something happened I’ve never seen before.
Cop who toppled heroin network slain in Port-au-Prince
A retired Quebec RCMP officer whose tenacity once brought down almost single-handedly one of the largest international heroin and money-laundering networks known to police was shot and killed yesterday while on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti.
The Weekend
Kids Club Sunday 4/26/09Saturday Pics:We had an unsually fun weekend here. Friday night we caught up on all of our downloaded LOST and Office episodes. For once I stayed awake and Paige was the one to bomb out mid-episode.Saturday Paige went to watch her friend play soccer not too far from our house while Troy and I did something we almost never do. We voluntarily left the house with five kids.
A breakdown and the miracle of life
I’m a little late writing tonight. As you can imagine, it’s very rough here. OK. I just got back from the night club here in Belladere.
Largest UN force in Haiti to focus on development
But Brazil has no plans to remove its 1,300 troops from Haiti — despite military cutbacks at home and calls by Haitian and Brazilian protesters for their departure, said Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, who arrived for a visit Friday.