You and I and We
We praise the skill of the athlete, the hyper-drive of human limbs, the physiology of will, the suffering to win. We admire the minds that debone matter, with t...
Category: Culture
First time firing a shotgun – a kind of Sunday school poem
It’s Sunday and I’m reminded of the first time I fired a shotgun: single-barrel, old as a tree, and heavyas a weavers beam. The stock, cored-outand ...
Legal empowerment of street vendors in Afghanistan–a local connection
If you’re a street vendor in Edmonton, Alberta, you apply for a permit, agree to some guidelines about cleanliness, non-obstruction, times, areas, pay a n...
Martin Luther King’s call beyond ‘I have a dream’
Here, comfortable in my condo reading “I Have a Dream,” I feel good. I can celebrate Martin Luther King Day as though it’s a piece of packaged...