The Walls Came Tumbling Down
I sat distraught and exhausted in the American Airlines Admirals’ Club, staring dreamily at my laptop screen. I was applying the final touches to my enduring midterm — a take-home test for…
Five Qualities of the Ethiopian Diaspora
In the spring semester of 2012, I enrolled in a six-week course entitled Engaging Diaspora Communities for International Business and Development. It was taught by Dr. Liesl Riddle, the associate…
Ben’s Upstairs
I was driving back from visiting my Mother in Georgia when I got an unexpected call from a long-time restaurateur friend. “Manuel, it’s great to hear from you. How’s the…
Draft Biden
DC is the epicenter of politics so at virtually all events, somewhere, somehow politics was mentioned or debated. So when I got a call from Jim McBride president and founder…
Beautiful Barcelona
Sometimes life brings you pleasant surprises — it’s not scripted or orchestrated, but just right. Life can be charming, like that, if you let it.” The tall white fir draped…