Be The Change 180

Tag: Politics

  • In Need of Aid 04: Perspective

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    [NOTE: This blog is actually from a personal Facebook post that I originally shared on Saturday, Dec. 27th, 2025. I am (re)posting this here for my own future reference. For those who are reading this, the first half of the blog is from the original social media posting on my personal Facebook page. I have…

  • In Need of Aid 03: Agency and Responsibility

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    Some very personal musings regarding development aid and poverty alleviation on the “white board” called WordPress… (concluded with an equally personal reflection at the end of the blog) I am currently reading the book “Interventions” by Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN (1997-2006). I’ll be completely transparent…

  • Explain It To Me Like I’m 5

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    First, none of what follows is meant to denigrate or demean anyone. I understand that the above phrase is popular in the world of social media. People employ it for a variety of reasons, and sometimes they really are sincerely asking for a simplified explanation of a complex topic (particularly if they are largely uninformed…