My Tall Ideas

What kind of callous and uncaring country have we become that we would make the mom of a single and childless soldier have to apply just to be buried in the same plot as he is?!?!  Then tell her that her request can't be granted now because she is still alive and not in need of burial. Corey Shea was an Army Spc. who died in Iraq on Nov. 12, 2008.  He only had about a month left on his tour before he was coming home.   Denise Anderson made the ultimate sacrifice for her country and lost her son to war.  And now due to bureaucratic red tape we tell her that we can't grant her request to be buried with him in Massachusetts National Cemetery. … Read More

Today I had a very interesting opportunity to meet and listen to a lecture on Paraguay corruption from one of it's government officials.  His name was Gustavo Ivaldi.  He is the father of  Elias Ivaldi's, who is a student in my Geography class at Washburn University. His father has had many assignments for the Paraguayan government such as: Head of the Treasury department, Head of the Industry and Commerce department, and he is currently working with the American Embassy and the Paraguayan government reportRead More