“I am the world crier, & this is my dangerous career… I am the one to call your bluff, & this is my climate.” —Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
When I came closer, I asked him very kindly to show me the bait he used, I was impressed by the simplicity of the creation that I saw. It was just a piece of a burned cork on a treble hook. Nothing else. When I asked him “What is this”, he looked straight at my eyes and ...
The novel is set during World War II when Germany was governed by dictator Adolf Hitler. Hitler had created a series of concentration camps where Jewish people, gypsies, and those who were perceived to be against his regime were sent to work literally to death. Many were tortured. David had...
To me, at any rate, became clear at that moment where our future and our deepest obligation are to be sought. The child hands of our Ingeborg dug in the earth; somewhere a weed probably showed itself, that she has previously overlooked; but I had to immediately make comparisons. I saw ...
Why am I not a Christian? Well, mainly because nothing like what happened to the Apostle Paul (at this point still Saul) on the road to Damascus, as related above, The Eastern Gate of Damascus, at the end of the Street Called Straight, 1970...
I had dinner with my daughter and she told me that her class talked about the election. Only two kids in her class supported Trump, one is a bully and the other is a little girl who wants to be the first female president. After the discussion, the kids all went outside for recess ...
(New York) Mafia, and theChicagoOutfit. Luciano served as chairman but disavowed thecapo di tutti i capititle (though he maintained much of the power). The Commission met to discuss shared issues and mediate internecine conflicts. This arrangement,albeitconstantlytenuousand outright hostile at ...
In their initial stages of expansion, the Ottomans were leaders of the Turkish warriors for the faith ofIslam, known by the honorific titleghāzī(Arabic: “raider”), who fought against the shrinking ChristianByzantinestate. The ancestors of Osman I, the founder of the dynasty, were members of...
Far from ordinary soldiers, the POVs possess some of the Allied forces’ most prized secrets — including the knowledge that the British have cracked Enigma, Nazi Germany’s nearly unbreakable code for transmitting top-secret messages. If the prisoners are transferred to Adolf Hitler’s ...
I had two friend who went to Vietnam, one returned..and yes, he too was traumatized emotionally. He returned to his parents house and I used to stay over all the time as it was a *hang out house*..had a pool, large yard, you name it..we all hung out there (smile)..anyway,...