2009

November 27, 2009

A Hotter Planet Means Less on Our Plates

By Lester R. Brown As the UN climate-change conference in Copenhagen approaches, we are in a race between political tipping – Read More...
November 27, 2009

Protestors Call for President to Step Down

JAKARTA ~ Protesters burned photos of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and demanded his resignation this week over what they see – Read More...
November 27, 2009

Top Detective Replaced after Graft Scandal

JAKARTA ~ The country’s chief detective has been replaced after being implicated in an alleged plot to falsely imprison anti-graft – Read More...
November 27, 2009

VP Dismisses Bank Bailout Concerns

JAKARTA ~ The vice president denied this week any wrongdoing in a contentious US$704-million bank bailout at the centre of – Read More...
November 27, 2009

Trading Niceties at the Market

SILAKARANG ~ Like most villages, or desas, there is a small market in Silakarang where all the women go in – Read More...
November 27, 2009

Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2009

Airport Shocker Dear Sir In the hope that someone will take an interest, I would like to tell the following – Read More...
November 27, 2009

I Am Not Yours

By Sarah Teasdale I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as – Read More...
November 27, 2009

Home Sweet Tabanan Home

The trip to Tabanan to see how Lana and Messy, two BAWA – Bali Animal Welfare Association – puppies, were – Read More...
November 27, 2009

Crisis of Confidence

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono did nothing this week to bolster hopes that this corruption-riddled country is doing anything of substance – Read More...
November 27, 2009

Transforming Negativity into Positivity

There is an old Balinese saying, Wishya Matemahang Merta – meaning “Even poison can be turned into the elixir of – Read More...