Congrats
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil – today became a part of my personal history, thanks to my Fellows and colleagues Alauddin, Malik, Michel and Toshe. It is a …
Congrats Read MoreAuthor: Daria
Wow, Pow-Wow!
A unique experience for me this weekend on the occasion of the 28th Annual Native American Reccognition Day: Pow-wow. Some write it powwow, pow wow or pau wau. Anyway, it …
Wow, Pow-Wow! Read MoreMr. Putin’s Birthday
Vladimir Putin, the actual Russian Prime Minister was born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg again, on Oct. 7, 1952. He grew up in a communal apartment in a typically modest …
Mr. Putin’s Birthday Read MoreMapping Stereotypes
Just discovered a great geo-stereotypical game for thinking journalists (there is the opposite kind as well, you know it well). The author is Alphadesigner Yanko Tsvetkov, originally probably Janko Cvetkov. Never …
Mapping Stereotypes Read MoreWomen and Other Humans, Waiting…
My thoughts go the same direction as Malik’s after the inspiring one-on-one talks of us mid-career professionals with younger colleagues of the News 21 team and their teachers during the Humphrey Seminar …
Women and Other Humans, Waiting… Read MoreInspired by Terry
Once again Terry Greene Sterling made my day. This time during the meeting with us Humphrey Fellows before the presentaion of her book “Illegal” at ASU. I am always fascinated by …
Inspired by Terry Read MoreKnotted Values
You surely know how the simplest thing can unexpectedly become the toughest one. And you realize that it may be just the peak of an iceberg lying somewhere deep in us, …
Knotted Values Read MoreThe Railroad Builds Us
It is a part of the old saying from the beginning of the “socialist renovation and rebuilding” of the RIP Yugoslavia after the World War II. The youth full of enthusiasm …
The Railroad Builds Us Read MoreUniversal Excellence
An interesting message in my HTV mailbox – invitation for a workshop: how to be excellent in everything you want in order to achieve any goal. It is free of charge, organized …
Universal Excellence Read MoreFlowers for Pains
On the painful Ground Zero Day, I got some painful pictures of Pakistani floods from a friend. Dated the same day last month. Pain has no race or religion. A flower will …
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