Update: Long story short, my favorite post is When I’m Holding My Daughter. Check it out! My daughter just turned 3 last month. I swear she’s just the cutest thing ever. Pretty much every morning she comes in—apparently after patiently waiting for the sun to just barely start rising—and… Read more… I doubt you would […]
Author Archives: Scott Hughes
Imagine No Poverty
Over year ago, I posted the music video for the song Imagine by John Lennon. I love that song! It has inspired me to ask you to imagine some things today. Imagine a world without overstocked grocery shelves or hungry children. Imagine a world without war or religious violence. Imagine a world without racism or […]
Education Beats Poverty
I just read a great commentary by Oliver “Buzz” Thomas in which he refers to education as a path out of poverty. Basically, Thomas explains that we cannot use old methods to fight poverty in the new world. For example, basic charity and job-training does not work as effectively as it did a thousand years […]
Poverty Line Drawn Too Low
I just read a good article by Dean Calbreath in which he points out the failures in the national poverty line. Basically, he shows that elderly people have a higher cost of living than what the poverty line says. For example, according to calculations from UCLA research, elderly people from San Diego generally need to […]
March 1 World Hunger and Poverty Blog Carnival
Today I get to post a list of links to relevant blog posts that I received this month. This is called a blog carnival. I plan to do one on the first of every month. Please bookmark this page right now so you can come back later and read more posts. Remember the following posts […]
UN Says World Hunger Increasing
Apparently as a result of rising food prices, the UN says that world hunger is rising, namely in countries such as Mexico, Yemen, and Indonesia. UN figures show that food prices have rose last year by 40 percent due to increasing oil prices and rising demand from developing countries. I read in the newspaper that […]