February 2012: Review of Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide by Rebecca Hamilton. Among the flurry of recent Darfur books, Rebecca Hamilton's is exemplary and should be of special interest to Friends. Darfur remains a litmus test of how, in the 21st century, the international community responds to a genocide when there is time to ascertain the facts and find the political will to intervene to save innocent lives. Did the Darfur advocacy movement in the U.S. succeed or fail? Rebecca Hamilton addresses the question of efficacy from a purely secular perspective: How much impact can ordinary citizens exert on American foreign policy? Fighting for Darfur lives up to its title. It is the quintessential testimony to the struggle so many of us embraced. Accurate and unsentimental, it is destined to become a classic in peace studies.
February 2012: Review of Why Africa Matters by Cedric Mayson, portrays Africa not as victim, despite the history of exploitation, but as a continent with valuable spiritual traditions from which we might learn.
Follow up article from David posted May 11, 2010 in the The Huffington Post, Obama, the Gulf Spill, and Jimmy Carter
Article from David posted May 3, 2010 BP Profits From Gulf Spill.
Article from David How Quakers Can Support the Troops posted to the Friend's Journal.
Review of Dreams from My Father by Obama, the intimate account of a young black man's efforts to find a place in white society.
Review of The Heart of Whiteness by Jensen, a tough look at white privilege - a phenomenon least visible to whites themselves.
Article from David, "Can Sudan 'Marriage' Be Saved?" posted in The Huffington Post, argues the case that the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement is failing, and that the international community's penchant for denial makes war inevitable as 2011 approaches -- unless the U.S. and China can help prepare for an independent South Sudan.
Linking Sudan and U.S. Healthcare. Publlished as "High-Tech vs. Humane Healthcare" by In These Times. (article)
From Darfur to Nairobi: a glimpse into Nairobi slums Originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of Friends Journal under the title, "Nairobi: impressions of a newcomer."(article)
Appeasement Driven by Oil: The Bush Administration and Darfur (interview)
Ash House: A Solstice Celebration (essay)
Darfur: Condoleezza Rice's Balancing Act (article)
Darfur Genocide is Rwanda in Slow Motion (article)
Evaluating America's Future Role in Darfur and Sudan: Interview of Samantha Power
Honor the Stones (poetry)
Jitterbug Slugs (whimsical musings and photographs)
Insect Love (with Joan Joffe Hall) (poetry with Joan Joffe Hall)
Murder from Darfur to Cairo Click "Enter Salon" (article)
Review of "The Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival"
Review of "Escape from Slavery"
Rumsfeld's McArmy goes to war (article)
Review of "War and Faith in Sudan"
Taking Stock of Diplomatic Initiatives for Peace Interviews of Alex de Waal on Darfur
The Iron Bridge (novel)
The Rat Historian (essay)
Waiting for Spring (poem)
War of the Future: Oil Drives the Genocide in Darfur (article)
What Can We Learn from Darfur? Reviews of Gerard Prunier's "Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide" and Darfur: a short history of a long war" by Alex de Waal and Julie Flint.

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