In keeping with the theme of the prior post on Africa and the undeveloped world, here’s a column in which a Catholic priest and sociologist – who has been writing for at least 40 years – is kind enough to accept the faith of southern hemisphere believers, as long as they leave the thinking to … Read more
This excellent book of 288 pages is an examination of Africa and all it’s problems and potential, by a reporter for the London-based The Economist magazine. Robert Guest was one of their African correspondents for seven years, residing for most of the time in Johannesburg, South Africa. My friend Tom Hardy and his wife Mabvuto … Read more
Yesterday evening my Aunt Ardis called with the terrible news that my cousin Tim – my oldest cousin, a year younger than me – had died. Of course a shock, but not a surprise – Tim had been diagnosed in January with thyroid cancer, and seemingly everything that could go wrong did go wrong. He … Read more