as, you know, possibly from watching The Colbert Report, it’s dwali. as stephan and wikipedia note, diwali is the festival of lights or lamps. being in india – or at least chennai – however, one might be hard-pressed to think that it was not the festival of sound (also, sweet pongal). firecrackers – or ‘crackers’ – playContinueContinue reading “diwali and drugs – lessons from drug sales in india”
Monthly Archives: November 2012
AMFm post over at CGD – a few thoughts on the conversation
here’s the series: http://blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2012/09/what-the-pre-post-evaluation-of-amfm-can-tell-us.php http://blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2012/11/the-future-of-amfm-making-sense-from-all-the-noise.php http://blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2012/11/the-future-of-amfm-realpolitik-and-realistic-options-part-ii.php @altmandaniel pointed out that our position on what the Board should decide in the final post was not entirely clear. this is true – our goal was to lay out the positions and process rather than take a strong stance on the outcome. with regard to outcomes, the matching-basedContinueContinue reading “AMFm post over at CGD – a few thoughts on the conversation”
getting out the vote in columbus
I made a very last-minute decision to go to Columbus, Ohio for the get-out-the-vote effort for the few days before the election and while I am still in a zombie-like, sleep-deprived and fast-food filled state, I am very glad I did. Our ‘turf’ was in Franklin County and we worked in predominantly African-American, low-income areas.ContinueContinue reading “getting out the vote in columbus”
Heather E. Lanthorn 