Today’s One-Liner (#247)
“The Bible has always been restricted in Communist countries because it is an agent of change.” –A Protestant pastor in Cuba, cited in Robert Royal, The Martyrs of the New Millennium:The Global Persecution of Christians…
Tag: Cuba
The Real Crime of Cuba
The following comes from a 1990 discussion among U.S. and Canadian activists with Noam Chomsky. It may provide food for thought given the current focus on Cuba after the death of Fidel Castro. Look, the…
Scintillating Promises (The Joys of Reading and Writing/Reinaldo Arenas)
Reading Reinaldo Areas’ novel The Color of Summer was a breakthrough experience for me. From him (and Eduardo Galeano) I figured out how to structure what eventually became The Book of Mev. The following are some passages I love from his Before…