Support international bicycle businesses through microfinance

Published November 30, 2008 / by Richard Masoner / 4 Comments on Support international bicycle businesses through microfinance

Kiva is a Web 2.0 microfinance community allows the affluent to support and interact with small businesses in remote places. Lenders give loans as small as $25 to enterpreneurs all over the world. One kind of business that participants can support through Kiva is bicycle shops. Consider for example the Reaksmey Sar Group of Ta […]

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General James Jones and his bicycle commute

Published November 29, 2008 / by Richard Masoner / 9 Comments on General James Jones and his bicycle commute

Carlton mentioned General James Jones on his blog and on The Spokesmen podcast this week because General Jones — Barack Obama’s choice as National Security Advisor — was a bike commuter when he Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Commander of the U.S. European Command in Belgium. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps last […]

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If you’re an American and read this blog on Thanskgiving you need to get away from the computer

Published November 26, 2008 / by Richard Masoner / 22 Comments on If you’re an American and read this blog on Thanskgiving you need to get away from the computer

I’m posting this now before I run out of time: Have a great Thanksgiving, all. Times are comparatively tough for many people. If you’re not one of the million who are newly jobless this year in the United States, you’re faced with the insecurity of not knowing if you’ll be employed in the next few […]

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