My Exodus

Walking away from my college hostel had never been so hard. For years, I awaited the day I would be done with college: the cafeteria food prepared with minimal effort, the small dorms requiring innovation to find space for my guitar. I was finally done with the cold showers and low water pressure resultant from […]

Health Reform is Here to Stay

It has been 17 days since the American federal government was shut down by the political posturing of a small, deluded faction of the Republican Party. Thankfully, just when we were on the verge of hitting the debt ceiling and unleashing a veritable economic disaster, they came to their senses and reached an agreement with […]

Ever Shifting Perspectives

Before I moved here, I considered Malawi to be a relatively unassuming country. It doesn’t come up very often in world news. Apart from a few Madonna-related stories and controversies, Malawi maintains a relatively low profile globally. When I found out I was moving here for my GHC fellowship, knowing next to nothing about the […]