I saw Mom for the first time since the hospital today ( Read more... )

I took a glimpse into Hell today.

I've familiarized myself with certain horrific episodes and incidences in human history, and have a little acquaintance with the more troubling aspects of the human psyche.

And yet somehow I remained just a little smug about my country in some aspects--let's hold up for example the Nazi atrocities of the Holocaust, ( Read more... )

From The Nation.
By Benjamin R. Barber

Excerpt:

Those with the highest incomes today make hudreds of times more than those on the bottom; one in three black males between 20 and 29 is in the criminal justice system; and one in five children lives under the poverty line. Because of the recession, Hispanics have suffered a 66 percent drop in wealth ( Read more... )

Sometimes the coincidences, synchronicities, and congruencies stack up so hard and so fast it's difficut not to believe in fate. Or something.