The Way It Looked in 1986
The United States was deeply committed to the French effort to reconquer their former colony, recognizing throughout that the enemy was the nationalist movement of Vietnam. The death toll was about half a million. When…
Month: January 2016
An Observation
There is no conversion of those who live in scandalous wealth to the welfare of those who live in scandalous misery. –Jon Sobrino Quotation from Apostle of Peace: Essays in Honor of Daniel Berrigan Photos by Mev…
Remembering Mev in San Antonio
Hi, Mark! Hope that this new year is one full of blessings for you. You’ve probably already received lots of copies of the article on Mev but decided to send it just in case. This…
In Tokyo, on a Layover
Read Dear Layla with wet eyes. And huge smiles of recognition, not just of myself but of the recognition of common turning points. Despite the desperate situation, despite all that cannot be done, all that…
Share the Wealth with Jim Lochhead
This Friday, January 15th, Jim Lochhead will be sharing on his experience interning in rural El Salvador this past summer. Working with a small capacity building NGO, Voices on the Border, Jim did a qualitative…
1.26.1963-1.12.1996
“I have an energetic personality. I love and want to get along with people. I am unusually joyous. I have strong convictions. My weaknesses are the flip-sides of my strengths. I can be domineering…
Faces/1 (A Letter from Prison)
“Dear Perry Thinking of you a lot these days Been reading the martyrs Here in my homey little cell (For a while I got solitary for asking disruptive questions) Wanted to send you this little…
On an Airplane Headed to Nashville
Dr. Chmiel I am wordless. I finally finished your book. In one sitting, on an airplane headed to Nashville. I can’t believe I didn’t read it sooner. I wish I was more like Tanya, but…
Clueless
Dear Layla Here in Nablus Jumana is an inviting, warm, and quiet presence Yesterday afternoon she said to me with resignation and calm in her eyes: “We know everything about America And Americans know nothing…
Don’t Waste Your Life
Yammamoto Gempo Roshi used to say, “There is no murder worse than the killing of time.” He devoted an entire teisho to this topic, reading aloud from the crime section of the newspaper. So-and-so knifed…