It was educational to meet leaders of Mali, Niger, Benin and Chad at a world conference in Ottawa in 1981. They had all been sponsored by the Government of Canada and were fluent in both French and English. What they had in common were societies living in poverty and with exploding populations.
Health: Our school shut down during the measles epidemic. Now we vaccinate 200 million kids per year.
Our school shut down during the measles epidemic. Now we vaccinate 200 million kids per year.
Russia and Geopolitics: An explosion in agriculture. Natural gas from Siberia via the Northeast Passage. Climate change ensures Russia’s superpower status.
An explosion in agriculture. Natural gas from Siberia via the Northeast Passage. Climate change ensures Russia’s superpower status.
Child Brides: Unemployment and poverty driven by the global Covid-19 pandemic is forcing families to push their young girls into marriage.
Unemployment and poverty driven by the global Covid-19 pandemic is forcing families to push their young girls into marriage.
Wives: Men were breadwinners and women were wives. They supported the feminist agenda, but did not live it.
Men were breadwinners and women were wives. They supported the feminist agenda, but did not live it.
Marriage: Never had a problem with same sex marriage with a gay son. He was born that way.
Never had a problem with same sex marriage with a gay son. He was born that way.
