Friday, February 23, 2007THE GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIBThey made me sick again, seeing those now iconic pictures we have all seen of naked men being tortured by Americans in that hell hole known as Abu Ghraib. Last night on HBO "The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" a new documentary by Rory Kennedy brought it all back. Similar ground was covered two years ago (my... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:35 AM Comments (3) (link) Monday, February 19, 2007MARX IN SOHOIt is rare that my partner RG suggests that we get tickets to see a play. That's what happened last week when he suggested that we go see MARX IN SOHO at Jimmy Tingle's OFF BROADWAY Theater (this is WAY off Broadway, by several hundred miles in Somerville Massachusetts). I confess I was a bit... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 10:56 AM Comments (2) (link) Saturday, February 17, 2007NATURE ON THE EDGEA fellow writer and blogging friend of mine recently wrote a provocative post about the dramatic changes in water levels she has observed from the deck of her house, living right on the coast of Lake Superior in Minnesota. The beach in front of her house has expanded to a width of 18 feet and a few... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:32 AM Comments (14) (link) Wednesday, February 14, 2007UNWELCOMED INTERFERENCEMy granddaughter is a willful child. Of all her traits it is this that endears her to me the most. I identified with her from the moment she first set her huge blue eyes on the world and decided she wanted it ALL for herself. She is the kind of child that leaps out at you, embraces you, charms you,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:58 AM Comments (7) (link) Sunday, February 4, 2007ARAB DETROITLong before Bush declared his war against Iraq, those who knew the difference between Shiites and Sunnis, those folks in academic circles who studied history and could actually speak Arabic, warned that to make war in Iraq would unleash a Pandora's Box of fury and hatred of biblical proportions. We... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:39 AM Comments (11) (link) |
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