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- don schlenger: Ok, we were dubious about claims of no CIA presence in the Peace Corps early years. Maybe more than dubious, as there were more than a few unexplainable things in our years in Ethiopia. But this is a clown show: Kraft Foods and the Peace Corps? [more...]
- Joanne Roll: I am afraid that the Peace Corps "Brand" will be used to encourage "impulse buying" of Oreos among kids in the developing world. OMG, what if Mishelle is right! [more...]
- mishelle: Joanne, here's a very convincing documentary of a number of cures that have been repressed by our Corporatocracy. http://undergrounddocumentaries.com/cancer-the-forbidden-cures-full-version/ Leo, I'd like to try sorghum beer, where can I find it? [more...]
- Leo Cecchini: Man has been altering plants since farming began. No food item we eat today is in its original form unless one is living on sorghum beer. . [more...]
- Lauri Anderson: Read a detailed review in this week's The New York Review of Books. It's quite positive. [more...]
- Joanne Roll: Nope, Michelle, the reference you cite does not "prove" that cannabis cures cancer. It has a promising effect in laboratories....human trials are next..as\s does the malaria suppression Aralen. As a survivor of different cancers, I know that ther [more...]
- Joanne Roll: Only one problem with this Ayn Rand model, the PCVs will be lousy role models. They are not paid. How can you have a market model when one of the factors of production, ie. labor has a 0 value. What if the villagers want to be like the PCV....no [more...]
- Leo Cecchini: With 50 years working with interntional business first as a diplomat assisting and promoting American business abroad and second being directly involved in international business I am pleased to see that the Peace Corps sees good opportunities in wor [more...]
- don schlenger: Just read where PCVs will be wearing NASCAR type jump suits with plenty of room for logos of various corporate sponsors. Great opportunity for product placement here. I love this idea. Sky's the limit! PCVs could become commercial icons like pro [more...]
- Joanne Roll: This is why there should be a Peace Corps Library and a Research Librarian to document and preserve all of this history. This is a wonderful story that captures the public romance with the Peace Corps of those long ago days. I have been trying, [more...]
- Laurie Norton Moffatt: What a marvelous account. I shall see that it is added to the Museum archives to join the stories from John Shafer and others about Norman Rockwell's time recording the Peace Corps. And I'm sure your memory is correct! Thanks for sharing. Best, [more...]
- dick lipez: Nice piece, Barry. I forwarded it to Laurie Moffitt, director of the Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge. She went to Ethiopia last year under State Department auspices for some kind of Rockwell-in-Ethiopia remembrance ceremony. [more...]
- Marnie Mueller: Love it! Can't wait to see the film. Marnie [more...]
- Leo Cecchini: Well said Harlan. [more...]
- mishelle: Joanne let's hope the negatives and positives balance each other. I do get rather hyped up in my criticism sometimes :) -- that comment was at the end of a long day of FB efforts to wake folks up out of their trance to see what's really going on in t [more...]
- Joanne Roll: If you can get off of Facebook, please tell me how. I think it is written in indelible ink on your soul. [more...]