Is President Barack Obama’s planned visit to Kenya too much too little? Yes. Consider this. In the last five years, during his watch, there have been two interesting developments. China has pulled ahead of the United States to become Africa’s largest trading partner.
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It was with numbing shock and great grief that, with my nine-month-old daughter clasped in my arms, I learned of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 14th. I followed the story with mute keenness and baffled interest for the next three days. The tragedy visited upon the small town of Newtown, CT, was […]
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I distinctly remember watching on television with concern how young men from the Coast province of Kenya were ambushed and rounded up by security forces who busted them in the midst of military training with homemade wooden rifles a few years ago. Given the ragtag nature of this wannabe “army,” my initial reaction was to […]
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