The Greg Mortenson Scandal

Many of us in the development world have been stirred by the Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea, scandal.  For those who have not heard, allegations have been made that Mortenson fabricated much of the story that procured millions of dollars from donors, including $100,000 from Obama’s Nobel Prize money.  60 minutes recently ran the [...]

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Redefining the Fairytale as a Single Woman

I recently watched a riveting documentary called Seeking Happily Ever After: “One generation’s struggle to redefine the fairytale.”  Thirty-something-year-old single women were shadowed and interviewed as they discussed their deviance from the Disney Princess dream of finding a husband early and bearing a mini-van full of children by age 27.  The majority of women interviewed [...]

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