#48 Liar, Liar

“Did you write these letters on the wall with your red crayon?” “No!!!” “Who did it, then?” “My little sister.” This conversation between my mother and me took place when I was three or four years old. My little sisters had not yet been born, and there were no other children in the house. I... Continue Reading →

#47 America-backed Israel

“You’re my father! You’re supposed to be on my side!”“There are as many sides as there are people, sweetheart.” My father did have very definite beliefs and opinions of his own. However, as a defense attorney, he had learned that if he didn’t know all the facts of the case, one of those facts could... Continue Reading →

#46 Angel Unleashed

On Wednesday, December 6, 2023 Refaat al-Areer was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his sister's home that also killed his brother, sister & four of her children. He had committed the unforgivable crime of poetry. Do the killers realize that by silencing the poet they have unleashed an Angel? Thank you Moon of Alabama... Continue Reading →

Genocide Is Bad

Responding to email from Congressional Representative: Thank you for your email entitled “Responding to Your Message”. My message to you was: “Stop the Genocide in Gaza”. It still is. I had no hope at all that my voice would carry any weight whatsoever in the hallowed halls of Congress. You do not represent me or... Continue Reading →

#42 Genocide

Mothers and Children by Kathe Kollwitz Genocide. Children are dying and mothers are crying. Genocide. I have tried to write about it, but my brain is frozen with horror. Genocide. I want it to stop. Genocide. Gaza. Genocide. Gaza. Genocide. Gaza. I can’t make it stop. Genocide. The killers don’t want me to use that... Continue Reading →

# 40 Freedom, Slavery and The Fourth of July

“…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”Declaration of... Continue Reading →

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