The main reason for Donald J. Trump's unlikely victory in the 2016 Presidential Election was the racist Electoral College system of electing a president. The system is racist because it gives more value to the votes of White Americans over those of others. And for that and other reasons, Trump could win the Presidential Election again in 2024.
Republicans in the US have been selling a sham for decades and it's called Trickle Down Economics. Why is it a sham? Have a read of this blog post and the dozens of references within.
A reproduction of a page from my old homepage. Revamping the homepage, I eliminated this and many other pages but decided to kind of "archive" them by reproducing them here.
I decided on a career in 1996, two years after graduating from college, while working at Red Cross Nordic UWC in Norway,
Video of my presentation at UWC-Second-Saturday-at-Six gathering in Boston last February in which I describe why I do what I do for the education of the marginalized in Nepal and the impact of the April and May 2015 earthquakes on the schools COMMITTED works with in Sindhupalchok.
Some battles are better left unfought even if you are in the right and you stand to lose money.
One of the happiest days of my life was a Spring day in 1990. At the time, I was wrapping up my second year at UWC of the Adriatic and waiting to hear from American colleges and universities I had applied to. A letter from Grinnell College would make my day then!
A post summarizing the various talks and speeches I have given, TV and radio appearances I have made etc. including links to downloadable documents including a short bio and a few presentation proposals.
If you have been on the move most of your life, then you know there's something about being on the move...being on the road...something about traveling, exploring places, and reconnecting and connecting with people!
As pleasant as my visit to the US this time has been, re-connecting with old friends and making new friends, the tragedy unfolding back home in Nepal has been a constant preoccupation. While my uncharacteristic absent-mindedness from the start of the journey has made me part with a number of things of little value at different times, the earthquake has taken many that are irreplaceable.