In the aftermath of the repeat first-grade convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for Meredith Kercher’s murder, Americans might consider cultural aspects that have tainted this case from its sorry, manipulated and blunder-ridden beginnings. Here is a cultural perspective, from the vantage point of a decades-long relationship with Italy and Italians, and living there […]
PART-TIME LOVE AND SHORT-TERM MARRIAGES – A VISIBLE SOCIAL CHANGE
Honesty and conscientiousness are required to look into and discuss on the social issues “as it is”, based on the facts. Hypocracy should not come in the way to conceal the facts on real life-styles what we are practicing that is far away from what we speak and boast about our great orthodox culture and […]
AMANDA KNOX: TORTURED BY A RELIGIOUS ZEALOT?
This sensationalized headline could be straight from a 1690s Salem Witch Trial. However, they would have punctuated it slightly different: AMANDA KNOX: TORTURED BY A RELIGIOUS ZEALOT!!! _____________________________________________________ If you need any background in the Amanda Knox case, please see DENVER or the meticulously and accurately revised chronicle on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_knox _____________________________________________________ There are three […]
The Meaning of Obama’s Victory to the Afro-Americans!
The meaning of Obama’s victory for the Afro-Americans! ‘… the biggest issue in the world right now is RACE…racism is all over the world, it will never die, it will only multiply…’Chris Rock, Afro-American Comedian. Obama must bring change, real change to deal with this demon called racism. On 20 January 2009, […]
Poetic License: the American Soldier at War
A long-distance friend of mine, Dr. Sonnet Mondal — who Wikipedia labels “…an eminent Indian poet … writer (and) Poet Laureate" — asked me to write an essay on poetry. I had no idea what to write — I’m a ba-ad poet — when an old junior high and high school friend, and a Vietnam […]
Egypt: The Capital of Hell on Earth
Many Egyptian bloggers and activists have been detained by State Security on various occasions and for various reasons – real or fake – Wa7da Masreya interviewed several bloggers and posted a detailed post on torture techniques and psychological tricks those bloggers have been subjected to in State Security headquarters in the district of Nasr City. In her […]