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March 2nd, 2012 - 2:37 pm § in Around Town, Culture, Day in the Life, El Salvador, News

A “Representative” Democracy

Last week, I was accompanying a delegation of high school boys from Boston, Massachusetts. I don’t have any brothers, so it was a very educational experience for me. Apparently, the life of a high school boy involves a lot of hacky sack, guitar picking, references to adult cartoons, and, if he[...]

February 22nd, 2012 - 5:44 am § in Day in the Life, El Salvador, Volunteer

Of Leap Years and Underwear

I’m a leap year junkie; that extra day every fourth February reminds me of so many hopeful, calming truths. It reminds me that every system has an outlier and every rule, an exception, even in something as basic as how we measure time. It reminds me that for all our hubris, we human beings hav[...]





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