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I am totally swamped with administrative work. Last week I had dinner with a friend whose son-in-law is a US soldier in Iraq. It was depressing to learn that there are long periods of blackouts in communication with him. When a US soldier dies in …
I experienced a 20 minute blackout yesterday afternoon, from 4:30 until 4:50 PM. The record-breaking heat caused problems with our grid. Houston is likely to live with blackouts throughout the summer. Privatization of electricity and gas has neither lowered costs nor improved service. When Texans …
Tim Giago (Nanwica Kcui), unexpectedly helped me prepare to march in favor of protecting the rights of immigrants. He takes a look at the larger historical, geopolitical picture, saying “Ironically, most of the illegal immigrans are Indians, or Indios as they are known in Mexico, …
Yesterday during a NARA-WACC luncheon meeting hosted by Sharon Black, Librarian of the Annenberg School for Communication, I learned that doctoral students are delving into media and religion questions that will surely pique the interest of institutional churches. One research interest is the international activities …
This post is about US soldiers and does not discount our Iraqi brothers and sisters who have died. As of Yesterday, at least 2,344 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated …
I plan to be here in Houston on April 10, marching. What I find awesome about the massive demonstrations is the spontaneity, the diffused organization. Although local long-time activists are helping to organize the march, there is no predicting the life of this barrio natural …
I am so thoroughly thrilled at the thousands of Latino high school students here in Houston who are taking to the streets to protest the immigration legislation passed by the house of representatives. Adelante, raza! I think it’s the family issue that has ignited their …
Here’s a bit of good news that, in my still naive hopefulness, may start a trend. SAME (Straight Alliance for Marriage Equality) Press Release For Immediate Release: March 24, 2006 Contact: Tarek Farouk Maassarani Voice: (202) 398-4166 E-mail: maassive@gmail.com Straight Couple Launches Project for Marriage …
This morning I had a delightful breakfast with Claudia Peña y Lillo, a charming and disarmingly insightful Pauline sister in Santiago, Chile. She is undertaking an ambitious project that moves her large publishing house from content creator and distributor to content enabler and promoter. To …
These are some of the experiences in Santiago, Chile that confirm the strength and historical endurance of the movement of humanistic values, Christian passion for justice and peace. 2 nights ago I met with a group of women,leaders, from various community projects (housing, education, abused …