It could be a perfect evening. The sky is clear; the temperature warm; the humidity soft and enveloping; the music from the neighbors a Latin rhythm of amor y famlia; the talk of a day when the consulting advice is worth far more than the consulting fees; the supper a lousy hamburger to appease a vast hunger from walking in the field and physical activity in pursuit of intellectual solutions to hard problems. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘violence’
AK47s Disturb Mining Progress. The Spiral Down from Civility to Violence.
Posted in About the news, brandy, health and safety, Latin America, mining, tagged ak47, mining, violence on February 28, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Why Violence Against Mines? Brothels, Guns, and Youth?
Posted in brandy, First Nations, Human relations and mining, tagged brothel, Guatemala, mines, Tucson, violence, westward look on January 24, 2013 | 3 Comments »
The Westward Look hotel sits proud in the foothills of Tucson. Down in the flats, the lights of the city sparkle and shine like a sea of energy washing over the privileged. You know that somewhere in the pinpoints of light somebody is being robbed, beaten, raped, and maybe killed. But violence is not the predominant activity. Civil order is probably the norm. (more…)

