This holiday season there is a gathering storm of famine. El Nino
related drought threatens over ten million with food shortages in
Ethiopia. Millions of war victims are starving in Syria, Iraq, South
Sudan and Yemen.
These hunger emergencies demand the world’s attention. We can look to
history for inspiration and remember America’s greatest Christmas gift.
It was 1921 in Russia and an AP journalist had just attended a mass
in the town of Volsk. As he was leaving the church, the priest rushed
after him. He had a message he wanted the reporter to share with
America: Please send food and save us from starvation!
See my commentary at the History News Network.
