Month: February 2014

Some people know from early childhood exactly what they will do as an adult. Others discover their task in life after considering several options. Sociologist Robert Woodberry discovered his life’s quest as a graduate student in sociology at the University of North Carolina‚ Chapel Hill (UNC). He had searched for a research topic, but nothing…

I love a good story, especially a good mystery. I get caught up in the search for “Whodunnit?”, the lingering suspicions that rest on everyone, the tension of the story when danger threatens, the conviction that wrong must be made right and the final unveiling of the secret. It is a world in which I…

In 1871, after a long silence from medical missionary and explorer David Livingstone, English reporter Sir Henry Stanley was sent to Africa to see if he still lived. Their meeting in the wilds of Africa began with Stanley’s immortal words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume.” Stanley arrived at a time when Livingstone’s dwindling supplies had forced…