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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Fidel's World 4 years ago
Good piece that gives a pretty good sense and flavor for the place. Only 90 miles from the U.S., but worlds apart. Cuba's one of my favorite places, and while it's easy for an American... more
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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Pakistani India-Envy 4 years ago
Fascinating relationship between the two countries. A lot of love and kinship, but much enmity as well. And as the economic disparity between India and Pakistan continues to grow rapidly,... more
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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Bangladesh on the Brink 4 years ago
Bangladesh's global warming problems are particularly acute: It's poor. It's unstable. It's deluged by monsoons. It's kinda screwed geographically, sitting in the... more
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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Wealth of the Poor 4 years ago
Muhammad Yunus' controversial microcredit programs are changing the lives of some of the world's poorest people, across the entire world. As i've traveled around the world few... more
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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Up in Smoke 4 years ago
its quite possible that the war on drugs has unleashed a string of unintended consequences that the US didn't anticipate, nor is equipped to handle. as one example of our ongoing look at the... more
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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Democracy in Egypt 4 years ago
the small window for democracy seems like it may be closing, and the US has toned down its calls for democracy. Perhaps the small taste of democracy it had ---anti-American chants, the rise of... more
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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Goodbye Shishmaref 4 years ago
Shishmaref might not look like much, but the loss of culture there is striking. Drastic changes arrived long before global warming became the hot topic --- modernization struck the first blow at... more
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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Glacier 4 years ago
For anyone who doubts that the planet is in fact warming up. Alaska -- along with the other northern and southern extremes -- gets hit harder, and earlier, than temperate zones, so this should... more
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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Cyber Athletes 4 years ago
This sort of thing happens here in the States as well, but it's just insane in South Korea. it seems like everyone has access to superfast broadband pipes (MUCH faster than we're used to... more
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- Adam_Yamaguchi commented on Suicide Chat Rooms in Japan 4 years ago
Probably one of the odder experiences I've ever had in pursuit of a story. While I worked on this, every morning I'd wake up (in Los Angeles; it was evening in Japan, when people would... more
