Tag Archives: Libya

The Juggler’s Dilemma

I have never taken up juggling as a hobby, because I don’t feel I have great coordination and because I tend to focus too much on one ball at a time rather than trying to get the whole system of … Continue reading

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Somaliland Update: Dairy Farms and Citizen Evacuations

Today, the ever-helpful Somaliland247 blog has provided to different glimpses of Somaliland, one filled with hope and the other filled with concern.  Let us examine the odd phenomenon of a dairy farm in dry, arid Somailland [1] as well as … Continue reading

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I’ve Seen This Movie Before

Stop me if you’ve seen this movie before.  A nation with a longtime dictator who has gone to the level of bombing his own citizens veers dangerously towards civil war and anarchy in a strategic part of Africa, leading the … Continue reading

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Mixed Nuts: A Musing on Uprising In Libya

Joining the ranks of previous and ongoing uprisings in Tunisia [1], Egypt [2], Bahrain, Yemen, and Jordan [3] comes news of a very serious uprising in Libya. I must admit that it is not surprising that with the successful overthrow … Continue reading

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