Clearly, something needs to be done about the way we have constructed a cell around all of Latin America and called it ours to play with. Something has to be done about our endorsement of torture worldwide. If our individual police forces can operate without using force in this way, then so can international "police". Torture is not even effective, yet we pay for it every day. I feel such despair at times. The more I read, the more I hear, the more I know and knowing makes me complicit. What am I doing about it? I send money now and then. I write an occasional note in my journal. I write an occasional book review. I don't have the kind of strength Jennifer Harbury has, or that so many others have, the strength to be singleminded in purpose and to sacrifice all if necessary. I admire that kind of strength, perhaps above all others, because these are people who are subjected to ridicule and misrepresentation but it never stops them. It would stop me.
Searching for Everardo
Clearly, something needs to be done about the way we have constructed a cell around all of Latin America and called it ours to play with. Something has to be done about our endorsement of torture worldwide. If our individual police forces can operate without using force in this way, then so can international "police". Torture is not even effective, yet we pay for it every day. I feel such despair at times. The more I read, the more I hear, the more I know and knowing makes me complicit. What am I doing about it? I send money now and then. I write an occasional note in my journal. I write an occasional book review. I don't have the kind of strength Jennifer Harbury has, or that so many others have, the strength to be singleminded in purpose and to sacrifice all if necessary. I admire that kind of strength, perhaps above all others, because these are people who are subjected to ridicule and misrepresentation but it never stops them. It would stop me.
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The Jerry Bruckheimer Effect
I suppose it is the curse of anyone who is musical to be unable to ignore music. I am plagued by the piped in music in stores and I choke when I hear…
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Adventures Downtown
Yesterday I went downtown three times. The first time I passed by the pasty place and decided to stop and get one. The second time was to pick up a…
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