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Stealing from Savannah (ideas)

Posted on February 11, 2010 @ 9:57 am by David Esrati

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I took a short trip to Savannah Ga thanks to a large corporation in Dayton sending my girlfriend to a conference. It wasn’t much of a vacation for me, as I just ended up working from the hotel. But, I did take a lot of walks and met a lot of people. There are some Read More

Haiti and the U.S.- a long history of blunders

Posted on January 17, 2010 @ 8:48 pm by David Esrati

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While Haiti isn’t on most American’s radar, until a disaster strikes, we’ve been screwing the country for the last hundred or so years. In fact, our “help” has actually caused many of the conditions that made this earthquake even more deadly. For a great synopsis of our history, read this piece from the St. Petersburg Read More