Recently, I was meeting an old friend from College. It has been years and we didn’t know where to start the conversation. But as usual the ‘what’s been going on with your life’ talk took center-stage. I yapped about my adorable son and the dramatic dog, barely noticing the troubled face of my companion.

So I asked, rather guiltily “What about you, what became of...” I couldn’t remember the name of that guy she dated in College. He was the >>>

So. I was thinking. What would I do if I had a million dollars? Probably quit my job and retire to charming farmhouse in the Kenyan hinterland.

Or maybe a secluded beach on Kenyan Coast. Perhaps,a rustic cottage on the shores of Lake Victoria. Essentially, I would pack my bags and head out into the great unknown to be on my own, with only nature for company. But then, how long would a million dollars last?>>>

According to my philosophy, and several near-death food poisoning experiences, I have finally come to the conclusion that domesticated; kitchen-savvy women of our mothers’ generation are a dying breed.

Most young women today can’t cook. I don’t know whether to describe this as a national tragedy or the coming of age of the equality wars fought by feminists in the sixties and the seventies. Now before all you women >>>

Social activist, anti-war campaigner and former US military bombardier during the World War, II Howard Zinn, while speaking about his experiences during war said in part: “With the indiscriminate nature of modern military technology, all wars are wars against civilians and are therefore inherently immoral.This is true even when a war is considered "just,"because it is fought >>>

Contrary to expectations, large-scale investments are becoming the bane of Africa’s socioeconomic fabric.  As tracts of land are acquired, conflicts are arising, small-scale farmers and pastoralists are displaced, environmental degradation is taking its toll on communities, water is becoming scarce, poverty is deepening and political instabilities are growing.>>>