On Nairobi’s Ngong Road, Nothing is as it Seems

10 / 6 / 1810 / 8 / 18

Try making judgements about human beings and groups and tribes and nations just by what you read in the media. Then, go out into the streets. Hire a bilingual Uber/Littlecub/Taxify driver in Nairobi to take you to Chinese-Kenyan construction sites, as I did. His name is Edward Njogu (the latter name in Kikuyu dialect means… Read More

Not Quite Prepared for Hazards in Paradise — Indonesia Suffers Again from Tsunami Buoys that Don’t Work

10 / 2 / 1810 / 2 / 18

I wrote the story on Indonesia’s attempts at natural disaster warning and prevention for Earth magazine last April, based on reporting I did in Indonesia in late December. Now with the Sulawesi quake and tsunami disaster, I print it below. The sheer unpredictability of quakes and tsunamis in a nation of 6000 inhabited islands spread… Read More