It is not a particularly round number nor is it a sacred number in any culture I’ve ever learned about in my travels, but this week begins my 17th year as a resident of the Netherlands. 16 years ago this month, I arrived with 50…
Author: bicyclemark
The following text was written on an overnight train from Trivandrum to Coimbatore (India) in late November 2016: The following are words written by a 36 year old Portuguese-American raised happily in the 80’s and 90’s in New Jersey and at the age of 21…
According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, Terrorism is defined as follows: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Oxford takes it a bit further: The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims And finally, the Urban Dictionary brings it all home: Manipulation of any person or…