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My Mother: "God Damn It James, I Raised You Better Than That!"

Jim Luce | Posted 02.10.2012

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Jim Luce

My mother's words still ring out in my head, year after year. It was Thanksgiving 1998, Boston. I was continuing to complain about how traumatized I...

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Top Ten Private Initiatives in Haiti Supplement Big Players in 2010-11

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Haiti needs hope -- and so many private initiatives doing so much could do even more -- with your support. There is so much hope for Haiti. Let's fund it.

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Franketienne: Haiti's First Nobel Laureate - Hopefully

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

As a cultural area studies graduate, seldom do I feel over my head culturally. Standing in the home of possibly the next Nobel Prize recipient for Li...

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Airplane Interview with the American Ambassador to Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Returning from a recent post-disaster trip to Haiti, I was pleasantly surprised to bump into the American Ambassador, the Hon....

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Fifty Lessons Learned from a Decade of Service in International Development

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

I recently had the honor of addressing the Fellows of the New York City New Leaders Council as part of their 2010 Institute. My topic was "Lessons in Non-Profit Management and International Development."

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Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jim Luce

As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...

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Jules Verne's Kip Brothers Translated into English after 100 Years

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

The book, a crime drama, celebrates the fraternal bonds of brotherhood, written shortly after the death of Verne's brother and best friend, a French sailor.

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