from Iran's Nuclear Program to Senegal's Agriculture to a relaxing hot tub

I attended a Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Institute today on Iran's Nuclear Program. The speakers included Martin Briens, Counselor, Embassy of France; Shahram Chubin, Director of Research, Geneva Centre for Security Policy; Shai Feldman, Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University. A lot of it went over my head, but it was still interesting to hear from experts their opinions on what is going on in Iran and what should be done about it. Also, the event was off the record so each speaker was able to be a lot more honest about what he actually thought than if it could have been quoted.

There are so many things to be concerned about in this distorted world of ours. It's hard to know which ones to take priorities in and which ones to let slide. Is it important to spend money and energy on ensuring that Iran and North Korea are not nuclear threats? Or is it important to make sure that Africa has the correct agriculture equipment and economic structure so to decrease the starvation? Or is educating Africans on AIDS so to stop the pandemic more important? Each of these issues costs money, people's time and energy. All of them are vital to people's lives. It's hard for me to sit down and realize what I care most about and where my priorities lie.

Everyone has priorities. It's why a senator runs for office. It's the reasons that certain people are democrats while others are independents or republicans. Most of us think poverty is bad and needs to be stopped. Most of us believe that everyone deserves a good education. Most of us believe that the individual has rights. However, what becomes the forefront? What's the motivation? the most important?