Archive for James M. McCaffery
Bilingual by Choice
Mr. McCaffery resides in New Orleans and is considered a great guide to Mardi Gras. In the summer of 1992, I was a guest lecturer in comparative law at a large private law school in Latin America. One morning before class, I read in a local newspaper that the newly appointed minister of education had [...]
1May1995 | James M. McCaffery | 0 comments | ContinuedBeans, Bombs, And Bureaucrats
James M. McCaffery lives in New Orleans and his children attend French-language school. While traveling north from Quito, Ecuador, to the city of Tulcán on the Ecuadorian-Colombian border last summer, our jeep was stopped four times at road blocks where armed police checked us over. Impressed by such diligence, I commented to the driver, a [...]
1May1993 | James M. McCaffery | 0 comments | Continued-
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For Equality; Against Privilege
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