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Laurence Leamer

Nepal's Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Concrete and Chemical Fertilizer

Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.26.2009 | World

Read More: Dhankuta, Peace Corps, Kathmandu, Development, Nepal, Rajeev Goyal, Green Revolution, Laurence Leamer, Economic Development, Kathmandu-Nepal, World News
Laurence Leamer

I am traveling around Nepal with a group of leaders from eastern Nepal who are exploring what has happened to their country in the name of development.

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Obama's Omission was a Willful Choice

Laurence Leamer | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leamer, Peace Corps, Africa, Laurence Leamer, Service, National Service, Volunteers, Kennedy, Obama, Congress, Asia, Development, Community Development, Pcv, Shriver, Politics News
Laurence Leamer

It's insulting and isolationist to increase domestic volunteers so dramatically and not the Peace Corps. We are turning away from the world outside our borders.

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A Wealthy Man

Laurence Leamer | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Friendship, Charity, Wealth, Laurence Leamer, Christmas, Bernard Madoff, Faith, Christian, Jewish, Happiness, Hanakah, Holiday Season Commentary, Business News
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This is a Christmas and Hanukah season like no other. Many people have lost money. Millions are out of work, and those who still have jobs fear for their own future. It is a bad time, but also a good time.

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Bernard Madoff and the Jews of Palm Beach

Laurence Leamer | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Ponzi Scheme, Bernard Madoff, Wall Street, Palm Beach, Laurence Leamer, Bernie Madoff, Madoff Palm Beach, Madoff, Business News
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In Palm Beach, tt was an honor having Bernard Madoff handle your fortune. Yesterday Madoff was arrested and accused of running what probably will prove the greatest Ponzi scheme in the history of the world.

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