Airaq vs. Iraq

Or, what happens when you find yourself fighting for your life in a country whose name you can't pronounce
Before the first Iraq war in 1991 the percentage of women representatives in Iraqi parliament was greater that in the US congress...... /December 2006/

Chaos of Saving Time

On May 7, Honduras began a Daylight Savings Time (DST) experiment that will last until September 3. This is the second time Honduras has attempted DST transition..... /November 2005/

Not a Crime to Question

Few Bay Islanders before November 27 would imagine that the National party would have its most comfortable margin of victory in Santos Guardiola, a municipal that has voted red for 36 years. Either way you look at it, 2005 Bay Islands elections were close, expensive and full of controversy… all the way until the end..... /February 2006/

Sadness and Despair

Until 1960 Bay Islands had three municipals, each one on a separate island. Under the presidency of Ramon Villa Morales, people of eastern side of Roatan petitioned the central government to separate from western part of the island..... /November 2005/

To Vote, or Not to Vote

I will not be voting in the US presidential elections. Fear of 'the wrong candidate' just isn't enough to get me to a polling station
The common opinion is that the 50% of Americans that don't vote abstain because they are lazy or just don't care. Well America, the truth is different; many of them don't vote because they feel disenfranchised and unrepresented by either party..... /November 2004/

2006 World Cup

The head butt of Marco Materazzi
Italians may have won the 2006 World Cup, but who cares. What everyone wants to know is what Italian defender Marco Materazzi said to anger Zinedine Zidane so much..... /August 2006/

Catch and/or/not Release

To have an annual fishing tournament that attracts people from far and wide is great. To catch dozens of billfish, kill them just for photos is not..... /October 2005/

The Global Olympics

The Greeks decided to show the world that you can prepare for the Olympic Games at the last minute. Originally, the second modern Olympics in Greece were to be 100 years after the first Athens Olympics of 1896..... /September 2004/

Manhattan vs. "Roatan"

When the West End Yankees lost in the Island playoffs I really thought: "This place is nothing like New York." The only way that Giants could be the best team in New York if we were talking about football or could travel in time to 1957..... /November 2003/

School Year Timing

Timing of the school year comes from the European planting season. In the industrial age, European children were expected to be available to help their parents in the fields during the busiest time of the year in July and August...... /August 2003/