The American Dream has become The American Nightmare for most people. One of the problems is that many of us can’t see – or aren’t old enough to remember – how much of that dream has slipped away over the past 50 years. Where to Invade Next? is filmmaker Michael Moore’s personal indictment of contemporary […]
In my younger days, I was a bit of a hot-head. I’m the first one to admit that I used to get angry about a lot of really dumb stuff – enraged, even. About pointless, meaningless crap. Several years ago I was given the nickname “The Rage” by one of my co-workers. I never got […]
I’m against flu shots and most vaccines. I guess that makes me some kinda ‘anti-vax’ conspiracy nutcase. I’m 53 years old and I’ve never voluntarily had a flu shot, I admit it. But I am also healthier than most people my age. I just think that getting an ill-vetted vaccine each season is not a […]
In the years following World War II the United States had many economic ties with Cuba. Most involved human exploitation and criminal activity in some way. The Mob moved in and legalized gambling in an attempt to lure American tourists. Prostitution and illegal narcotics were also promoted on the island. The tourist industry flourished. The […]
The United States is the last country in the world which should be speaking out about human rights abuses when it continues to torture people at military bases and inside its military, federal, and state prisons across the country. The US has the world’s largest prison population by a huge margin. There are nearly 2.2 […]
The Saga of the Greenlanders and the The Saga of Eirik the Red tell of the Viking discovery of North America. The two accounts were written independently, but the stories are ‘interlaced’ (they reference each other). Both tell of events which took place in the early 11th century and passed down by word of mouth […]
The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi (Author unknown; late 13th century). The Saga of Hrafnkel, Priest of Frey, is one of the best known of the Old Icelandic legends dealing with a feud, as most sagas do. Hrafnkel’s Saga is unusual in its directness and for its simple, forthright structure which focuses directly on the feud […]
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HERE I SIT ALL ALONE BY MYSELF WITH THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST HERE IS STAND ON MY OWN FAR FROM HOME WITH THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST THEY KILLED MY KIN TO SAVE THEIR SOULS THEY STOLE THEIR GOLD FROM THE MOTHER AND THE […]
My best friends are buried in the back yard they lie comfortably in the beds we made beneath the shade of the crab-apple trees We wrapped them in satin sheets Oh mother earth! Please guard them well I won’t forget They live in my heart
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