1) Cuban American politicians sending police cars, with their sirens on, into black neighborhoods in Florida, to intimidate voters on election day, doesn't surprise me.

2) Politicians setting off pipe bombs or grenades that kill members of their following in order to make it look like opposition attacks, isn't a...

When someone from the government comes to speak to me, its usually for one of two reasons;

1) They want to know whats going on now, or

2) They want to know whats going to happen soon.

Rarely am I asked, "what happened last year?" or for...

I hate to say it, but I grew up in the '60's: Civil Rights, the Women's movement, the Anti-war movement, Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Earth Day, Peace, Love...

I was young, I thought it was all for real. It was all I knew. It...

If you're in the "Town Hall" business, you better know what your constituency wants and you better know how to get it to them. It takes planning and strategy. Whats the big deal? Its not a game show where the participants are getting the questions in advance. Its a political...

It's amazing how a debate that no one saw can have such an impact on regional and national polls. Perhaps this is what they mean when they say that the Obama Camp and the Edwards Camp are going to get aggressive. Debates that every one watches in which one candidate...

I've been to the Pentagon three times. I have a Pentagon coffee cup and a Pentagon raincoat that I bought at the Pentagon gift shop and I still have the badge I was given while I was escorted through the building. I'm guessing musicians don't often get invited to the...

I finally arrived in Korea for the Haiti/Nigeria 17 and under World Cup Soccer match. At first, American Airlines wouldn't send extra planes to Haiti after Hurricane Dean came through. They were telling Sunday's passengers that they wouldn't be able to leave for ten days. I'm surprised there wasn't a...

I spent a few hours at the airport today trying to get out of Haiti. No luck. Last flights cancelled. The airport is to be closed all day Sunday. The Dominican Republic has also closed it's airport. Our concert in the south has been cancelled. I guess I'm going to...

One thing that upsets me about American foreign policy right now is that because we're so busy keeping our eyes on Iraq/Iran, we don't have the capacity to watch what's happening to our neighbors in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our "friend" in Venezuela, Chavez, who hates Bush, and calls...

If you say Ban Ki-moon in Haitian Creole, it translates as "Tell us who." You know, the bright lights are on and the interrogators are just about to smack you again, "Ban Ki-moon!!!"

Ban Ki-moon paid us (Haiti) a visit. He leaves Thursday. It's been a "feel good" visit. Haiti...

During the three years preceding the 2006 Haitian presidential election, I went to Washington three times for a total of 75 meetings. I met with Republicans and Democrats as well as folks from the State Department and the Pentagon. I even received a visit from former President Clinton. Not once...

If you Google "Red Zone" you may think I'm referring to American football or you may think I'm hanging out in the Caribbean with a prostitute on each arm. In reality, the "Red Zone" I'm referring to is a military term used in Iraq and Haiti to designate an area...

I live at the Hotel Oloffson, in Port-au-Prince Haiti. Two years ago a man from Brazil, working in cooperation with the UN peacekeeping force (DDR) came and asked me if it would be possible to do a Ceremony for Peace. Things had greatly deteriorated in the country and President Aristide...

The billions of dollars of illegal drugs and the thousands and thousands of illegal immigrants that enter the United States from the south simply point out that "National Security" is a myth and the "War on Terror" is a term developed to keep us feeling safe with the impression that...

Digicel came to Haiti and now everyone and anyone can have a phone. Democracy in communication; the world has truly changed. Whether you're popping into the country for a few days or whether you're a sugarcane cutter in the provinces, you can have your own phone. Just a few years...

The last crack down on the gangs of former President Aristide happened on December 23, 2006. Since then Haiti has been working its way back towards becoming a functioning country. People are going out at night without hearing gunshots. Kidnappings and murders are no longer part of everyday conversations. The...

When I was graduating from college I was given the honor (along with four or five others) of "Most Likely To Enter A Federal Penitentiary". Its been quite a burden, I mean I have to prove them wrong don't I?

In any case, it comes down to this; Paris didn't...

A couple of foiled car bombings in England and a suicide bombing run amok at the Glasgow Airport. All within a couple of days of each other.

A few people are in custody. New Prime Minister.

How's the question and answer session going to be handled?

We have three Apple computers (laptops) in the family and we have four iPods. My kids swear by Apple. My musician friends swear by Apple and my photographer friends do too.

Never have all three of our laptops been working at the same time and never have all four iPods...