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Death To A Nation

This article was written by the daughter of a local family we’ve met here in Costa Rica. Ayn is 14 and is unschooled. I must admit to harboring suspicions of unschooling’s effectiveness in somehow producing schooled children. Those are smashed.

A Foothold on the Slope of Hope

Last March I wrote a post about Nazanin, an Iranian teenager who had been sentenced to death for killing a man who was trying to rape her and her niece. Yeah. When I first read something like this, I fervently hope it is just a really tasteless joke. Tragically, this was not.

I followed the links to the online petition and signed. Today I followed up on Nazanin. Because of the tireless efforts of another teenager named Nazanin, worldwide attention was brought to bear and Nazanin was re-tried yesterday. Things look pretty good, although in such a . . . → Read More About A Foothold on the Slope of Hope

“Klaatu Barada Nikto”

This, of course, is the famous command from The Day The Earth Stood Still. It loosely translates to "Gort, stop!" Gort being the lead alien who was hell bent on taking over the world. If I’m not mistaken, I believe Gort means George in English.

I saw this movie when I was 8 or 9 years old and I remember being scared out of my wits. I couldn’t sleep for fear of Gort’s jaws opening and the death ray shooting out from . . . → Read More About “Klaatu Barada Nikto”

I’m A Believer

No, I’m not writing about The Monkee’s song. As great as it is.

I’m writing about the Cosmic Trigger Event happening next Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Fascinating. How do people figure this stuff out? What makes them look? I’m not clear on that at all. No matter: I’m marking that day on my calendar. Maybe if we all send positive thoughts, send that energy out into the world, wars will cease. Hunger will end. Tibet will be freed. Darfur will… I can’t even talk about Darfur.

But a whole day of Cosmic Triggering has gotta . . . → Read More About I’m A Believer

Emily Perez, 23 years old

I turned 51 today. Emily never will. She was killed in Iraq on my cousin Celia’s 51st birthday two weeks ago, September 12. Like reading the names on the Key West AIDS memorial, like reading about those killed 9/11, painful as it may be, we must read about Emily and the men and women who died before and after. They have made the ultimate sacrifice. They deserve to be remembered. God bless them, each and every one.

Birthday Wish List

Next Thursday is my birthday. I’m a Libra. Libras are the beautiful and just people in the world, for those of you who do not know me. Please, don’t send presents. (If you must, please don’t spend over $50.) Or money. It will just get lost in the international two-step. Take yourself to dinner and then tell me all about it, that would make me happy! Here’s what I really want:

1. An end to the war in Iraq. Yes, just walk away. We inflict less damage by staying?

2. An end to the drug . . . → Read More About Birthday Wish List

Rethinking my position on bombing Iran.

This from Dave Kopel at The Volokh Conspiracy that I stumbled across roaming the blogosphere:

Iranian teenager to be executed for self-defense against a rapist. Amnesty International reports this case from Iran:

On 3 January [2006], 18-year-old Nazanin was sentenced to death for murder by a criminal court, after she reportedly admitted stabbing to death one of three . . . → Read More About Rethinking my position on bombing Iran.

30 March 2006
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