Dec
9
2009
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By: Myles Crawley (with excerpts from The Voice Project‘s website)
For over two decades war has ravaged Northern Uganda, Southern Sudan and Eastern Congo. Joseph Kony’s LRA has made abducting children and forcing them to fight his chief weapon of war, even making them kill their friends and even their own families. As Kony’s power is starting to ebb, many former soldiers are escaping but hide in the bush, afraid to return home because of reprisals for the atrocities they were forced to commit. Read more...
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Dec
6
2009
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November 15, 2009 – SOMA San Diego
by: Myles Crawley

The other night I went out with my son Cullen to see a band called “fun.”. I ran across fun. a few days before when I received an email from their publicist announcing the release of their newest video for a song called “All the pretty girls”. The show was at an all ages club and, since Cullen is only 13, I saw it as a good opportunity to have a boys night out. The club was pretty full when we got there (amazing for a Sunday night), and funny enough the audience was predominantly female. Cullen certainly seemed happy about that since nearly all were under the age of 18. I, on the other hand, would’ve been more comfortable being surrounded by drunk bikers. Read more...
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