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Category Archives: Poverty

Phil Rockstroh: Roasting Marshmallows on the American Reichstag Fire to Come

I happened to bookmark this thoughtful piece by Phil Rockstroh a couple of days ago (see PG Picks). Thanks to Phil sending it, I had the welcome opportunity to re-read … Continue reading

29 July, 2007 · 5 Comments

Paul Levy: Breaking the Vow of Silence

Silence is not golden, the adapted adage goes, just yellow: speak up! One is reminded about what Orwell said telling the truth in a time of universal deceit, and this … Continue reading

10 July, 2007 · 2 Comments

Jewish History, Anti-Semitism, and the Challenge of Zionism: Braverman’s Reply to Rosenfeld

A very insightful and well argued piece from Mark Braverman. Braverman is a member of the Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace and Jewish Voice for Peace. He serves … Continue reading

8 July, 2007 · 2 Comments

Exile from Babbel-on

Another dispatch of humorous truths from political humorist Steve Bhaerman, aka Swami Beyondananda, who starts by asking why CNN International and CNN America are so different. Swami’s OmPage; Related posts … Continue reading

16 June, 2007 · 2 Comments

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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