"Brewing Tea in a Kettle of War is an important project because it will focus attention on the urgent need for a long-term commitment to locally led...
Endorsement from Rory Stewart
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What lessons can President Obama learn from LBJ
As the nation awaits President Obama's decision about how to proceed with the war in Afghanistan, I found it very helpful to listen to President...
NYT front page article on the work of the National Solidarity Program
The New York Times cover story today is about the work of the National Solidarity Program (NSP). While in Afghanistan I spent days filming the...
Return from Afghanistan
Thank you for your support and concern during my recent trip to Afghanistan. Unlike the 24 US troops who died since the weekend and the many...
Earthquake
My chair starts to shake then the floor – bombs or earthquake? There have been a number of planes flying overhead. I got out of the room with a...
Wedding in Kabul
Embed with US military Kapisa province Provincial Reconstruction Team
Photos of my time with the US military's Kapisa province Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) are courtesy of Captain Darrick Lee, US Air Force...
Guns or development
Just back from three intense and interesting days in a village documenting the work of a Community Development Council setup through the National...
Eating dirt on the way to the office
Walk it out
Day 1 afternoon Couldn’t keep my eyes open on the drive home from meeting at the National Solidarity Program with Jamshed. Pushed my self through...
Welcome!
Flight from Dubhai to Kabul: 176 turbaned, caped and hat’d Afghan traders, white guy with two Phillipino girls and me. Won $180 in the lottery on...
MLK clearing my head in Atlanta
In the Atlanta airport in a drab hallway above an escalator there is a shockingly minimal kiosk about the life and beliefs of MLK. It is literally...