They Whispered So So Softly
We were on our honeymoon in Sicily Visiting with friends from graduate school They were both Sicilian-Americans They had moved there to start a family They had us out to their home in the country…
Fidel on Che
He had a gift for people. He was one of those people that everyone immediately cares about—it was his naturalness, his simplicity, his sense of comradeship and all his virtues. He was a doctor; he…
Facing the Facts
My life is mapped out: it is my destiny to take a bullet by the Mafia some day. The only thing I don’t know is when. —Giovanni Falcone See how the accusations against the…
Books Can Be Subversive
Somoza’s guards burned the 10,000 volumes of the Solentiname library –from Prophets in Combat: The Nicaraguan Journal of Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga [1986]
Share the Wealth This Sunday with Ale Vázquez and Vitina Pestello
For our next Share the Wealth gathering, Ale and Vitina will share their experiences working with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Fair Food Program. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW) Fair Food Program…
“This is, because that is; this is not, because that is not…”
A young Sandinista combatant Said to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel d’Escoto: “If there had been more Christians like you, there would be fewer atheists like me.” from Prophets in Combat: The Nicaraguan Journal of Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga [1986]
Accompaniment
Dear Layla We are staying with the Hijazzi family these nights We arrive in time to break the fast in the evening Spend the evening then sleep over Leave around 7 in the morning Yesterday…
A Dangerous Novel
In his novel Life and Fate Vasily Grossman exposed the horrors of the Soviet system Some of the Soviet intellectuals acknowledged He had told the truth But they were against publishing it Because it could hurt the…
Focused
When I decided to really buckle down and study, I’d study fifteen or sixteen hours a day. I’d have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a book in front of me, never taking my eyes off…
Word of the Day
Word of the day, via Abbie Amico: In the Filipino language of Tagalog, there exists a word by the name of Kapwa. Literally translated it means “I’m not me without you” but as with other…