“Girls have been well-trained by the marketers to think this is what they’re supposed to want.” –Dana Edell, executive director of SPARK, speaking about Legos.
Author Archives: Paul Wolfle
Remembering a “Daughter of the Island”
Solange “Sonia” Pierre, noted champion for Dominican citizens of Haitian ancestry, has died.
China’s Secret Second Children
While many contemporary citizens of China enjoy having greater personal incomes than ever before, largely due to the success of mainland business markets, when it comes to having babies, one per family is the maximum according to a government imposed limit.
The Sudden Death and Modern Myth of a Cyberculture Heroine
Neda Agha-Soltan was a young Iranian living in a country that denied its women an abundance of civil rights.
When the Internet Goes Bad
“It’s just like being victimized all over again.”- Previously kidnapped, Lisa Gesik talking about inmates having access to social networking sites while in jail.
Mexico: Democracy, free trade no match for cartels
In the midst of its 94 year old political constitution, a freely elected President approved by the nation’s voters, as well as membership in the trilaterally based North American Free Trade Agreement, famously known as NAFTA, Mexico’s questionable stability emerges as a risky notion to inhabitants living north of the border.