YOUTH BEHEADS TEACHER ON STREET IN FRANCE What about the children? Samuel Paty’s horrendous street execution has continued the trench warfare of religion vs. secularism, French native vs. immigrant, state vs. community, rationalism vs. faith in sometimes violent eruptions of accusations and defense. The body politic of France has bled. The focus of this tragedy … Read more
Tracing the intellectual roots of racism in The Condemnation of Blackness, Khalil Gibran Muhammad explores the Darwinian theories of race regarding inferior genetics and the cultural biases of the late 19th century and early 20th century America, these in the academic world of prestigious universities. Just as America is expanding its imperial designs westward over … Read more
Divide et Impera: America Wins Again David Gamble A commentator nailed it. It’s stupid to say the yanks are stupid. So clever. We’ve all got played. Who remembers the history of American imperialism and brutality? The exceptional nation has come out of the Ukrainian theatre unscathed, undeservedly. Heroic leaders of the Supra-NATO-nation. Defenders of…you fill … Read more
Au Revoir: August 20, 2019 It was a beautiful day to bury and say a final goodbye to Oliver. It has been a rough seven weeks in total since he had been diagnosed with lymphoma. It was exactly three weeks ago when my heart was totally broken, and I have, since then, learnt a lot … Read more
August 23, 2019 A Reflection on Grief Grief, that hard grip of sorrow, comes to us relentlessly and invades our sensibilities demanding undivided attention, an obelisk that turns us to stone. It stalks us; it envelopes us; it imprisons us in a stasis where we can look nowhere but into the dark shadows of that … Read more
My obituary to my handsome and loving boy- Oliver Tam/Gamble 2009-2019 On July 27th at 10:20, Oliver died peacefully in our arms, and not in pain, after a five week battle with lymphoma. He was surrounded by his two tearful and doting dads, David and Leonard, who cradled him and whispered to his ear that … Read more
July 7, 201 My dog is sick. Every kid should have a dog. Sometimes, though, it is rough. My dog, Oliver, a ten-year-old Wheaten terrier was just diagnosed with lymphoma. We don’t know what the possibilities are for him, for it is too soon. If he goes, this will leave an emotional hole in the … Read more
I Wanna Come Back. June 12, 2019 Finally, at the age of 73, I’ve decided what I want to do with my life. When I come back to haunt some souls I haven’t quite settled with, I will teach high school again, but with some preferences. First of all, I would like to be … Read more
A Beginning: June 10, 2019 A blog, and this is my first, is an important venue by which to introduce myself to any potential readers and followers. A website is new to me; it is exciting for it is a search into the future in the starting blocks of here and now. I engage with … Read more