The U.n. Population Fund Has A Maternal

You Could Perhaps Better Tell The Story Of A Place By Writing Of A Tiny Village As A Sort Of Prism Into The Bigger Issues The Culture Was Facing. It Struck Me As A Better Way To Learn About A Place, Or At Least A Different Way, Than Just Going To Interview The President. So I Have Often Tried To Tell The Story Of A Place Through People There. But I'm Just Amazed.

Guilt-tripping People Does Not Work; They Tend To Be Turned Off.

So Kim Kardashian Is Getting A Divorce, 72 Days After A Wedding That Is Variously Reported To Have Cost $10 Million Or More. Just To Put That In Perspective, That Sum Could Have Built 200 Schools In Poor Countries Around The World For Kids Who Desperately Want An Education. Then Kardashian Could Have Helped Transform The World, Not Just Entertain It. And The Schools Would Have Lasted Incomparably Longer Than Her Marriage.

China Was Probably The Worst Place In The World To Grow Up Female 100 Years Ago. There Was Foot Binding, Female Infanticide, Concubinage, And Child Marriage, And Now It's One Of The Better Places. So I Really Do Feel That We're On The Right Side Of History Here.

Once You've Created A Connection Of Empathy, Rational Arguments Can Play A Supportive Role.