Dear Colleagues, Some of you may appreciate this commentary in today's Washington Post.
Behind Africa's famine, more than just drought Famine isn't inevitable<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/behind-africas-famine-more-than-just-drought-famine-isnt-inevitable/2011/07/28/gIQAJCrsfI_story.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABAhfPH8QRIAVgBYgJlbg&cd=UKMHIt9cGlk&usg=AFQjCNE_Tr4rc_wuXcZ35b7V0RcxkhUfhQ> Washington Post By *William G*. *Moseley*, More than 12 million people are at risk of death and starvation in the Horn of Africa. Even if they do not perish, young children are *...* http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/behind-africas-famine-more-than-just-drought-famine-isnt-inevitable/2011/07/28/gIQAJCrsfI_story.html All the best, Bill -- William G. Moseley Professor Geography Department Macalester College 1600 Grand Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105-1899 USA Email: mose...@macalester.edu Tel: 651-696-6126, Fax: 651-696-6116 http://www.macalester.edu/geography/faculty/moseley.html