http://www.paulcarlson.org/home/blog a blog of the Paul Carlson Partnership http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=79 I won’t admit in public what I said when I saw the number. Enough to say it threw me back in my chair, staring, willing it to be wrong and knowing it was right. This afternoon I spent a little quality time with Nicholas Kristof, the author and New York Times columnist. Not face time, though [...] http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=79#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:46:26 +0000 http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=68 The Feb. 1 issue of Newsweek included a short article titled “Battling for Good Health in Congo,” which I thought needed a response. Here is the message I just emailed to Letters to the Editor. See what you think: Mr. Sheridan, citing a study by Andrew Mack, names the Democratic Republic of Congo as an example [...] http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=68#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:49:53 +0000 http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=56 I’ve come to think of the Congo as a vast battered family. There seems to be a kind of systemic dysfunction throughout the country. Is that a fair statement? If you’ve been part of any ongoing work in Congo, you’ve probably found the same thing we have: much of what we Westerners think of as essential [...] http://blogs.paulcarlson.org/sc/?p=56#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:11:02 +0000