Thich Nhat Hanh is made of non-Thich Nhat Hanh elements. Jennifer Ying-Burgoyne is made of non-Jennifer Ying-Burgoyne elements. Dr. Suess is made of non-Dr. Suess elements. Maude is made of non-Maude elements. Victor Jara is made…
With all of the talk of Romero becoming a martyr… Officially, “killed in the hatred of faith” I can’t help but think… well duh You and I already knew that Angelica knew that Ann knew…
Bartolomé de las Casas Woke up Daniel Ellsberg Woke up Oscar Romero Woke up Bella Levenshteyn How shall we wake up? –from novel-in-progress, Our Heroic and Ceaseless 24/7 Struggle against Tsuris
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…
I am connected to Lindsay We are really into our notebooks I am connected to Sarah When she was my 18 year-old student I was her 39 year-old prof I am connected to Jane We’re…
Lindsay Weston recently wrote me Asked if I could recommend anything to read Instantly I thought of the trilogy So long on my shelf Barely perused but Now may be the time! I sent word…
Dear Friends, We have been turning over in our minds the following reflection from an interview with U.S. linguist and activist Noam Chomsky (1996): Closer to the explanation is your observation that they [Eastern European…
“There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried.” Oscar A. Romero I will be reflecting on a semester in El Salvador during which I learned how to love others…
Please remember Victor Jara, in the Santiago Stadium. Es Verdad, those Washington Bullets How can one take seriously anything The U.S. government says about being pro-democracy When it supported the Mubarak dictatorship for 30 years?…
A library I once spent time in Is named in honor of Pope Pius XII He was nothing if not prudent And prudence is a virtue much of the time In 1948 When talking with…