Author: Ben East
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Profile: Franklin Pierce “Pancho” Huddle, Jr.
Sketch profiling Ambassador Franklin Pierce “Pancho” Huddle, Jr. from a forthcoming nonfiction boook of profiles that explore Peace Corps roots in American diplomacy.
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Navratri: Celebrating Good over Evil
Navratri celebrates the victory of good over evil. The Hindu goddess Durga defeats the demon Mahishasura during nine nights of epic war. Diwali begins 20 days later.
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Phone Number Abuse Report
Telephone service disruption is a nuisance, but customers who experience unauthorized changes can file an FCC Slam Report and hold their provider accountable.
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Profile: Smooth Relationships
In their gentle manner, the townspeople had gone along with the program but didn’t own it, just another good idea that would resolve itself or fade away. The experience taught Brown Schoonover to be a successful communicator by being a listener.
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Joe McCarthy & Arthur Miller
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Joe McCarthy led a witch hunt that in turn led to required reading for all U.S. high school students: Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible.
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Profile: Brenda Brown Schoonover
As a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines, Brenda Brown Schoonover found people were interested in her views as an American, not as an African American.
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Cold War Peace Corps
Ben East shares a story about Parker Borg, tapped by Ronald Regan to be U.S. Ambassador in Mali, the first Returned Peace Corps Volunteer in such a position
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Chopping Wood on 9/11
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Writing about the Zen Buddhism saying “Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water,” yard work, and visiting the dump.
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Profile: Parker Borg
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Sketches of distinguished American diplomats from my forthcoming book, Profiles in Service.
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Launch of New Podcast
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Novelist Ben East introduces a new podcast about building international relations for a stronger America.
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