The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

One thing the humanitarian world doesn't do well is marketing. As a journalist, I get pitched every day by companies that have new products. Meanwhile, you have issues like clean water, literacy for girls, female empowerment. People flinch at the idea of marketing these because marketing sounds like something only companies do.

Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives

There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror.

It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U.S and around the world.

...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.

The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just amazed by that.