The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: UNICEF

  • Money Well Spent?

    Someone just bought the bike from the film Easy Rider for 1.35 million dollars. Stuff like this makes me want to scream. For a little bit of perspective, I did some research. Here’s what I found out. 1.35 million dollars equals any one of the following: 54,000 microloans on Kiva.org, which in turn would allow…

  • A Woman’s Fate is about Location, Location, Location

    Once upon a time I owned my own home, and was actually surviving financially. Not rich. Never that. But I was doing okay. So I started thinking about women who were less fortunate than myself. I’m very aware that the bulk of my good luck in life is based simply on the arbitrary fact that…