A couple of years ago I read a book called “The Faith Club” where three women got together regularly to talk about faith. They were a Christian, a Muslim and a Jew. The experience and friendship was transformative as they worked through their differences and came to realize their similarities. I am having a dialogue [...]
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War and Remembrance 5
Posted: November 21, 2010 in Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, Middle East, News, News and Views, Politics, Random Thoughts, Religion, Television, Terrorism, Travel, United States of America, Violence, WarTags: Abdul Wahhab, Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Al-Qaeda, Americans, Ben Coker, Christian, Europe, Ibn Taymiyma, Islam, Japanese, Jew, Jr., Marshall Plan, Mogadishu, Muslim, Nazi, News Media, Northern Alliance, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, President Musharraf, Reagan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Carolina, Soviets, Taliban, The Faith Club, USA, USS Arizona, Veteran's Day, Wahhabism, World Trade Center, Yemen
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War and Remembrance 4
Posted: November 16, 2010 in Children, Education, Global Poverty, Human Rights, Inspiration, Judaism, Law and Order, Media, Middle East, News, News and Views, Parenting, Philanthropy, Politics, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Religion, Television, Terrorism, Travel, United States of America, Violence, War, WomenTags: 9-11, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, George Bush, Greg Mortenson, Holocaust, Laura Bush, Muslims, NBC, Pakistan, Pearl Harbor, Taliban, Today, Veteran's Day, Women
Part 4 in the dialogue between me and Ben Coker, Jr. of South Carolina following my Veterans Day post. Hi Mr. Coker, I’m enjoying our dialogue. I am not the student of history that you are but as a television news producer and international traveler I think I’ve got a pretty good handle on current [...]
War and Remembrance 2
Posted: November 15, 2010 in Children, Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, Middle East, News, News and Views, Parenting, Politics, Random Thoughts, Religion, Television, Terrorism, Travel, United States of America, War, WomenTags: 9-11, Afghanistan, Ben Coker Jr., Hawaii, Iraq, Jew, Muslims, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Poland, San Francisco, The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw, Veteran's Day, Vietnam War, WWII
Following my Veterans Day post, the conversation continues with Ben Coker, Jr. of South Carolina about war, service and our commitment as Americans. Hope others will join the dialogue. Will keep posting as our back and forth continues. Dear Mr. Coker, Thank you so much for reading my blog and for your incredibly thoughtful comments. [...]
War and Remembrance
Posted: November 15, 2010 in Children, Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Politics, Random Thoughts, Television, Terrorism, Travel, United States of America, War, WomenTags: Afghanistan, Air Force, American Cemetery, Americans, Ben Coker Jr., D-Day, England, France, Germany, Hitler, Ho Chi Minh, Korean War, Mack R. Coker, Mussolini, Nathan Hale, Normandy, North Vietnam, Omaha Beach, Patrick Henry, President Kennedy, Rhine Mein Air Base, Sir Winston Churchill, South Carolina, South Vietnam, St. Mary Eglise church, The Citadel, The Greatest Generation, Thomas Jefferson, Tojo, Tom Brokaw, Veteran's Day, Virginia, War, World War II, WWII
I received a very thoughtful response from Ben Coker, Jr. of South Carolina to my Veterans Day post. He and I are having a dialogue about war and peace and our obligations as Americans. We have never met and I sense we are on two sides of the political spectrum but we are sharing our [...]
On Veterans Day
Posted: November 11, 2010 in Children, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Politics, Random Thoughts, Terrorism, United States of America, Violence, War, WomenTags: Afghanistan, Black Ops, Call of Duty, Eve Merriam, Iraq, Korean War, Veteran's Day, Veterans, World War II
As a mother I can’t imagine my son coming to me and saying he’s going to join the military. I am not brave enough for that conversation. I don’t ever want to sit across the table and hear that news. Every time my son hyperventilates over “Call of Duty” (he bought Black Ops on the [...]
The Woman on the Cover
Posted: August 5, 2010 in Children, Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Photography, Politics, Random Thoughts, Terrorism, United States of America, Violence, WomenTags: Afghanistan, Taliban, Time Magazine
The cover of this week’s Time Magazine is incredibly powerful. I saw it at the airport and couldn’t get it out of my mind. A woman with her nose cut off by the Taliban as the poster child for the carnage and cruelty in that war torn land. Not sure if it posed a question [...]
Vacation in Afghanistan
Posted: July 7, 2009 in Africa, China, India, Inspiration, Middle East, Midlife, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Travel, WomenTags: Afghanistan, Bamiyan, BeadforLife, Beijing, China, Delhi, India, kampala, Olympics, Travel, Uganda, Vacation, Wedding Anniversary
One year ago I was in Beijing, China for a three month gig working at the Olympics. In November 2008 I headed to Kampala, Uganda again to do more television production work for BeadforLife (http://beadforlife.org) then immediately after a quick trip to Delhi, India for a wedding. No exotic destinations this summer but I’m hungry for [...]
Juliette’s Acid Attack
Posted: December 15, 2008 in Acid Attacks, Africa, Human Rights, News, News and Views, Terrorism, WomenTags: Acid Attacks, Afghanistan, BeadforLife, Human Rights Abuses, Iran, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Pakistan, Terrorism, Uganda
Juliette dreams of someday marrying a nice man. One unlike the monster who poured acid on her in a jealous rage in July 2007. We are sitting with this young woman, just 19 years old, on a porch near a church in Kampala, Uganda. Juliette is beautiful on the side of her face that she shows to the [...]
