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Playing Games with World Proverbs
Looking for a game to play with family and friends? Here’s one you might like. I’ll call it simply The World Proverbs Game. I came up with the idea several years ago after playing a version of...
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An Interview with Jessica Stahl of Voice of America
I first “met” Jessica Stahl after I wrote about a post from The Student Union, a blog she edits for Voice of America. A native of Long Island, she now lives in Washington, D.C., where she works across...
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Go Global with Go Daddy . . . but Be Sure to Be First
I’m not a fan of very many Go Daddy commercials. Most aren’t in very good taste. But I was looking at the availability of some domain names at their site today, and I saw an ad that I like. It’s pretty...
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Sorry You Weren’t the One to Buy “Afghan Girl”
My apologies. It’s been more than two months since the National Geographic auction at Christie’s, and I need to set something right. It’s quite likely that at least one of you, dear readers, saw my...
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Happiness Is As Happiness Does
What are the happiest countries in the world? Well, that depends. It depends on how you define happiness and how you figure out if people fit your definition. Do You Feel Good? In 2011, the Gallup...
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‘Tis the Season for International Photo Awards
Not only is it the month for the Oscars, but February is also a busy time for selecting the prize winners in international photography. The judges have hard work wading through the thousands of photos,...
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POYi, the Best Show-and-Tell of the Year
Last week, Pictures of the Year International completed its slate of winners for 2013, marking its 70th annual competition. POYi, “the oldest and most prestigious photojournalism program in the world,”...
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Fake News: You Can Fool Some of the World All of the Time
No matter how you slice it, some people in some countries are just so gullible. Kim Jong-un, supreme leader of North Korea, has had a busy few weeks. Not only did he watch a basketball game in the...
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Exporting Fast Food: The Biggest American Chains
You already know that McDonald’s is the global king of fast-food success, but do you know which US chains are next in line outside of America’s borders? Well, the answer depends on how you define...
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Slavery Didn’t End with the Civil War
There are more slaves in the world today than at any other time in history. In fact, estimated at 20-30 million, the number of people enslaved in forced labor is well more than the 13.5 million people...
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The Changing Face of the World, with or without Plastic Surgery
In 2011, when National Geographic reported on the global population reaching 7 billion, it determined that the “most typical” person in the world is a 28-year-old Han Chinese male. But that doesn’t...
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Nando’s: Tastes like Chicken, Looks like an Art Gallery
The Obama family are currently in South Africa, as part of a three-country visit to the African continent. The president will not meet with Nelson Mandela, who is in the hospital, but he has spoken...
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A Biscoff Cookie, an Inflight Magazine, and Some White Noise. . . Welcome Aboard
It’s been more than a year since I put together my list of online, English-language, international (read, with other than just US destinations) in-flight magazines. Not long ago, I found 27 more and...
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8 Maps and Globes That Will Change Your Perspective of the World
Last week, out of the blue, my 7-year-old son said, “Guess what?” (He doesn’t really want me to guess. When I try, I’m always wrong.) “Guess what? The earth doesn’t have an upside down.” Of course,...
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Rainbows, True Colors, the iPhone 5c, and The British Paraorchestra
I saw one of the new iPhone 5C commercials a couple days ago. It’s a great collage of people around the world saying hello on their phones. I guess Apple wants their cheaper, more colorful smart phone...
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Dialogue of Cultures: Free International Films Online for Next 9 Days
This year, the Dialogue of Cultures International Film Festival is being held online. That means you don’t have to travel to someplace like Tokyo or New York to watch the entries, since all are...
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From Fukushima to Costa Rica: A Rocket Scientist’s Quest for World Peace
Next month, my son Peter will graduate from Missouri Southern State University. As part of his education, this past summer he attended the Summer Peace Institute at the UN-mandated University for Peace...
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Fair Trade: This Christmas, Give a Gift That Comes with a Story
Tasha Simons tells about meeting Tavi, cofounder—along with Center for Global Impact—of byTavi, a “faith-based micro-enterprise initiative . . . [that] teaches at-risk, impoverished women how to sew...
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International Students—They Come to Study but Do They Stay?
Russia wants its future scientists, teachers, engineers, and medical personnel to attend the world’s top graduate schools. In fact, reports the Russian-language Begin, they want it so much that the...
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5 Stat Sites that Eat Pie Charts for Lunch
One thing I don’t like about statistics is the way they usually look—a list or row or jumble of numbers that just sit on the page in black and white. Of course, there are line graphs and bar graphs and...
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