The New York TimesSeptember 1, 2005Waiting for a Leader George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom. In what seems to be a ritual in this administration, the president appeared a day later than […]
My anger conflicts with peace building
There has been an escalating war going on within me. I have a profound belief in the positive transformational potential of channeling effort, energy and thought into individual peaceful and constructive action. But there is anger growing within me that does battle with the belief in transformation. I want to be positive, but the obvious […]
Slampaign
Fahrenheit 9/11 is propaganda. But that’s okay. It definitely propagates a view. Propaganda is centuries old. For one powerful group to accuse another powerful group of using propaganda is a non sequitor. It is logically inconsistent for one group to accuse another of something it also does. That would be to invite scrutiny of its […]
Bones… Lovely, O'Keeffian, and in the Desert
I know, I know… I shoulda blogged yesterday… but I was too busy getting back to Tucson… It’ll be nice to not have to spell Tucson for hotel/motel staff now that I’m back in the land of c before s. That’s tuck -sahn. Yes, I arrived safe and sound. And much enriched by stopping in […]
Oryx and Crake, Labyrinths, and Mile Markers
Hey Ho. Writing from Oklahoma City… Wednesday a.m. from a Panera. No internet connection last night. Lucky I found a place to sleep… third try was a charm. I wanted to go west to Pueblo CO and walk a labyrinth there and drop down again, but I can’t risk the weather and time that could […]
Land O Goshen….
I’m sitting under a tree on a green space just off SR 15 in No. Indiana… at Goshen College. I’m hoping it is a campus wireless that I hooked into. Oh well…. I’m on anyway. Imagine my surprise at finding a wireless connection at a Mennonite College… just a hop, skip and a jump from […]