Wednesday 23 September 2015
Forest Park
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Face to Face with Elie Wiesel
This short review was originally published in the bulletin of the Center for Ethics and Social Policy in Berkeley, April 1993. My book, Elie Wiesel and the Politics of Moral Leadership, was published in spring 2001….
Our Gifts to the World (A Very Partial List)
Please remember Victor Jara, In the Santiago Stadium, Es verdad – those Washington Bullets again —The Clash Washington Bullets (We’re still making the world safe for democracy) Washington Little Boy and Fat Man (We stand…
Viva Shmaltz!
One Bella Levenshteyn Eight hundred and seventy-five miles away Walking in Washington Square Park Remembers how we once walked and talked (How avidly, I might add, or exuberantly calmly We shmoozed and strolled) And in…
4500 block of Chouteau Avenue
photo by Andrew Wimmer, Sunday 8 April 2012
From Lubna
Lubna Alam, one of the inspirations for Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine, sent me this notecard the other day.
Share the Wealth with Megan Kinney–A Happy Lawyer: Not an Oxymoron
Mark asked a few months back if I would share why I love my work as a lawyer, particularly in a field where many lawyers don’t love their work. I am happy to be part…
Sunday Stroll
Walking east, 4300 block of Laclede, en route to see Tony Albrecht at Northwest Coffee
Gratitude/997
Thanks to Trish and Annie for hosting tonight’s sharing on accompaniment; to Marty King for testifying about being on Arco those last weeks 20 years ago; to each person who read aloud, listened, spoke and/or opened up to her…
Tonight’s Share the Wealth Book of Mev Soundtrack
Glenn Gould, Goldberg Variations, Aria Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Eddie Vedder, Face of Love U2, All I Want Is You Violeta Parra, Gracias a la Vida Shakira, Ojos Así Duke Ellington, Take the “A”…