njpenning
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Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | retired |
| Location | Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Former teacher, newspaper reporter, TV reporter, legislative aid to Paul Simon, D-Il., 26-year education association lobbyist/writer, and freelance writer with writings published by The Washington Post, The Journal Newspapers (former DC Metro-Area newspaper), and, lastly, 19-year columnist (1989-2008) for The Arlington Courier/Connection in Arlington, Va. |
| Interests | Home page is now www.PenningThoughts.com |
| Favorite movies | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Favorite music | Classical, jazz, light rock, 'space' soundscapes |
| Favorite books | To Kill a Mockingbird |
You're in the grocery store with a broken cart. How will you ever be that hungry?
Think of half of the world living on less than $2 a day. Or living one night in an open air Darfur stick-and-plastic-bag 'shelter'. And wonder what you can do to make such human calamities impossible.