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Stating the obvious
There’s no meaningful existence without exchange. This sentence has been ringing over and over in my head for the last couple of weeks and I just can’t let it go. What I usually do when things like...
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Violence Generates Peace, Oh Wait [Catholic Edition]
I used to study in a Catholic school. My brother and I had scholarships because of my father’s work with another Catholic educational institution. Note that, my father was agnostic, in spite of the...
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A sad story
The latest occurrences have reminded us all that vigilance is the only price we should really pay for freedom. Vigilance, thus, could be easily called the enemy of fear for those who are comfortable in...
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To penetrate pig-thick skin
Why is it that having a hobby is healthy and being mildly obsessed with a band, a movie star or a literature character harmful? Humans have a funny way to categorize everything and make sure that,...
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Against sobriety
I have been writing sober pieces for too long now to be able to write about the kind of heavy existence I have been experimenting with. I feel that, to use the letter “I” with some responsibility, one...
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About not shrugging
An uncle of mine whose life was cut short due to that beast we are all well acquainted with, cancer, taught me a couple of things about living life. Not because we spent that much time together, but...
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I should just doubt myself more often
I have had the opportunity to fall madly in love and believe I would be in love forever three times. The three men I gave myself blindly to taught me I was actually wrong. Not all along, but just for...
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About taking yourself seriously
My sweet mom trying to decide on what dessert to go for. “Lost in the valley without my horses / No one can tell me what my remorse is” – the great ~ ~ THINKER ~ ~ Anthony Kiedis (yeah, dude from the...
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Jeannette Rankin: The First U.S. Congresswoman Was Also Antiwar – Updated
The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress was Montana’s Jeannette Rankin. Her most noteworthy feat was her opposition to war. Then, very much like now, being against the war was seen as a...
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You See, My Mom Is Special
There’s no easy way to talk about our mothers on Mother’s Day. So let me start by saying that my mom is special. Mom and me, 1986 or 1987. You see, my mother is different from most other mothers out...
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