Category Archives: Burkina Faso

The beginning of the year was not just bad for the United States economy: It was, on paper at least, the worst quarter since the last recession ended five years ago.The Commerce Department revised its estimates of first-quarter gross domestic … Continue reading →

Tomorrow night at the Blank Club in San Jose… I have to teach until 9:30pm… hope I don’t miss their set .. waah 😦 I liked this review (via Wussy: Attica! | Album Reviews | Pitchfork) of their new album, … Continue reading →

It’s rather obvious, the lesson.  A so-so novel.  But too many Americans (how about we start with Dick Cheney) have not been able to absorb the one lesson of modesty and humility woven through the fabric of the novel.  Unbeknownst … Continue reading →

Skimmed through Holy Motor by Leon Carax (you can stream on Netflix).  Intelligent, beautifully acted.  When I was 25 I would have been very impressed.  Watching it at home, on a computer screen (Carax shudders), stopping to make Elliot two … Continue reading →

Have you published 25 books? Been an editor at Forbes ASAP? Demonstrated expertise in both microprocessing and water conservation? Better yet, is your name Michael S. Malone? Good news: You’re eligible to apply to a quarterly adjunct-lecturer position in Santa … Continue reading →

HT: Bill Sundstrom who first pointed me in their direction…

The film is set in 1938 I think.  And of course this being the Internet, you can see the clip on Youtube.

I will be presenting at this IFLA Satellite meeting in Paris in August 2014.  Please consider registering for the meeting/workshop/mini-conference! sponsored by the IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section & School Libraries Section More information to register is … Continue reading →

Went with some of my colleagues in the Economics Department.  They have been doing Half Dome, but this year did not get the lottery, so they chose Cloud’s Rest.  I was happy to be along, even if I sort of … Continue reading →

Horrible to contemplate the actions of the girls in Wisconsin, but popular culture has always had a kidnapping bogeyman.

He managed to get the other main opposition group, the MPP, to participate, apparently. That is huge.  If the two groups can work together on a common platform, and not divide the opposition vote, and not get co-opted into alliance … Continue reading →

Apparently very little information circulating about who might have murdered him… so lots of “read between the lines” type communications in the press. Les premières constatations de l’enquête révèlent que la victime porte une blessure béante à la nuque et … Continue reading →

Ambassador Mushingi is doing an amazing job of putting a human (and likable) face to American diplomacy in Burkina.  I don’t think I’ve seen articles about the Russian or Chinese ambassadors… or even the French… that are so frequent and … Continue reading →

You can still see some of her work on her website, including some series from Kordofan and South Sudan. Conflicts on the African continent claimed another journalist last week. Camille Lepage, a 26-year-old French photojournalist, is the latest reporter to … Continue reading →

Looks like inflation rate is actually coming down to around 15%, but past several years it has been above 20%.  In 2007 the cedi was redenominated and reissued, basically at 1 cedi per dollar.  The cedi now is at about … Continue reading →

Caroline Tuina, according to press accounts, presented a report on a meeting of the union of media workers (SYNATIC) in her evening news program.  The editor at RTB asked her five minutes before the news program to not run it. … Continue reading →