As the sun disappears behind the concrete horizon, I look across the 10 lanes of highway that are currently all filled with cars moving extremely slowly. Everyone in their own vehicle on their way back from work heading home, everyone hoping this traffic will clear up, just as they...
I can remember at the end of every summer when I was kid, having to wake up before the sun came up, to get a ride from the town's lone taxi driver, who would take us on the long journey via the treacherous and twisty national roads of Portugal...
Galvanize 1. b: to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock -(merriam-webster) News out of Canada today still lacks in-depth information and examination, but so far what is coming out is that a same sex couple who got married back in 2005, while trying to get a divorce, were told by...
The headlines coming out of Chilé this week echo throughout the world, "government shift in policy regarding learning about Pinochet era in school," from now on to be described as a "regime", and not a "dictatorship". Which is immediately met with anger and disapproval, criticized as an attempt to...
"Family farmers are the backbone of our nation's economy," - the words of the legendary Willie Nelson speaking on behalf of farm-aid not too long ago. I thought about the words of Willie today as I walked through the mud, under the fences, past the sheep, next to the...
