In Much Of The World, The Most

We, As Americans, Have Won The Lottery Of Life And The Distinction Between Us And People Living In Kalighat Is Not That We Are Smarter, Not That We're Harder Working, Not That We're More Virtuous - It's That We're Luckier.

Every Year 3.1 Million Indian Children Die Before The Age Of 5, Mostly From Diseases Of Poverty Like Diarrhea.

Sometimes I Wish Eastern Congo Could Suffer An Earthquake Or A Tsunami, So That It Might Finally Get The Attention It Needs. The Barbaric Civil War Being Waged Here Is The Most Lethal Conflict Since World War Ii And Has Claimed At Least 30 Times As Many Lives As The Haiti Earthquake.

Solar Power Is One Of The Most Hopeful Technologies But Still Produces About 0.01 Percent Of U.s. Electricity. The U.s. Allocates Just $159 Million For Solar Research Per Year - About What We Spend In Iraq Every Nine Hours.

There Are Other Issues I Have Felt More Emotionally Connected To, Like China, Where I Lived And Worked For Some Time. I Was Living There When Tiananmen Square Erupted