Feb 2, 2007 | Bush, Death & Taxes, Political Blah-Blah, War
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.
Jan 11, 2007 | Bush, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, Teenagers, War
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...
Oct 20, 2006 | Bush, Code Enforcement, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah
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...
Oct 11, 2006 | Bush, Cultural Events, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, PollyAnna
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...
Sep 28, 2006 | AIDS, Bush, Political Blah-Blah, September 11, 2001, War
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...
Sep 22, 2006 | Bush, Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Drug War, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, Prostitution
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...
Mar 30, 2006 | Bush, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, Teenagers, War
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...