by Thomas Benke | Nov 15, 2020 | Social Justice
I was recently elected President of the Portland-Khabarovsk Sister City Association for a two year term beginning January 1, 2021. My international work began with PKSCA in December 1998 when the Board sent me to Khabarovsk to begin what became a 15-year series of...
by Thomas Benke | Oct 14, 2020 | Social Justice
As I write the U.S. Presidential election is just a few weeks away. Monday October 12th was a federal holiday, Columbus Day, celebrating the famous Italian’s “discovery” of America (with the sponsorship of the most Catholic King and Queen of Spain)...
by Thomas Benke | Aug 7, 2020 | Social Justice
The Trump administration announced today that it plans to ban TikTok and WeChat from use in the United States. My Shanghai friend Tina is appalled. When I mentioned that it would be nice if China ended its ban on Facebook and Twitter, her response was that her VPN...
