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 […]
The dog that is expected to respond accordingly
A handler’s reservations about a visitor or intruder should be acknowledged by the dog as cause for concern. The handler can be apprehensive and this should be interpreted by the dog that is expected to respond accordingly. An old cardigan or a piece of sacking will fill the bill. Most dogs enjoy a little tease […]
The Big Takeover
I arrived at the Bearsville Theatre "Tribute to One Love" reggae show as The Big Takeover was playing. I was surprised that all the musicians were white, though the lead singer was black. All looked to be in their 20s — they moved and gyrated like a Popeye cartoon from 1923. The drummer, Sam Tritto, […]
Indonesia’s Teenage Thief and ‘Sandal Scandal’
Written by Mong Palatino Police in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu, Indonesia beat a 15 year-old boy named A.A.L and threatened him with a five-year jail sentence after the boy was accused of stealing [1] a pair of $1-flip-flops owned by a policeman. The incident has angered many citizens who launched a ‘sandal protest’ [2] by depositing sandals in front […]
A Defense of Crystal Gayle
Why no adulation for Crystal Gayle? Personally, I have always semi-consciously loved her name, with its association of Dresden glassware spiraling through a tornado, or ice crystals blown over Nova Scotia. And on the cover of my album ("We Must Believe in Magic") Crystal wears a provoking Cubist 70s outfit — a polyester kimono, white […]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a Dangerous Man
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the current Managing Director of the IMF¹ (International Monetary Fund), has been arrested on Saturday afternoon in New York, as he was about to take off at JFK airport, on board an Air France flight to France. He was removed from the airplane and held at the airport, New York Deputy Police […]
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