Yemen through the looking glass
As the country’s president seems about to topple, a writer remembers times of living dangerously.
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Froese biography
The JFK-Obama-Messiah factor
In Berlin, both presidents had watershed moments, and both are revered.
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Orphans want to be loved, wherever they are
It’s hard to know most days what might go through the mind of any three-year-old, let alone an orphan from Africa.
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For dads and dad-dads everywhere
If I have one urgent piece of practical advice for young men today, it’s this: Look forward with great hope to the day you marry and have children.
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Africans are caught up in Obama’s hope
KAMPALA, Uganda✦
So you think you feel good about what unfolded south of Canada’s border on Nov. 4?
You should see the party in Africa.
There has been dancing in the streets, public holidays and general high-fives from nationals to diplomats to expatriates, all convinced that, as one Ugandan paper put it, “America is reborn.”
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Loneliness is acute among poor
Rise in suicide reflects chronic lack of mental health services, especially in Third World.
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Camilla Effect one big yawn
Clearly the marriage gods were telling me something. Your marriage is something very noble. Don’t blow it. Because, yes, it also has the potential to burst into flames.
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