Watch this movie. You can buy it secondhand on amazon and believe me, it is worth it if only to hear the painful and poignant words of a boy named Wyatt (that’s him with his arms crossed in the photo). Wyatt and the four other kids [...]

Commonweal Magazine April 10, 2009 / Volume CXXXVI, Number 7   COLUMNISTS Parched WILL OUR NEXT WARS BE OVER WATER? Jo McGowan Last month I attended a conference in Delhi. I arrived late at night and went straight to bed. When I got up the next [...]

Halfway home. Mom is hanging in there. I managed to get on to the direct flight to Boston, so I will be there by 10 on Saturday morning. Such a strange feeling of helplessness! Wanting to rush, but knowing there is literally NOTHING I can do to [...]