Surrounded by dancing palm trees, pristine white sandy beach and an aquamarine lagoon bordering the Caribbean Sea, I told the bartender where I was from. “Scranton, Pennsylvania,” I said. The deeply tanned young woman’s eyes immediately lit like burning turquoise gemstones glistening in the afternoon Mexican sun. “No,” I said before she could respond. “Don’t […]
you have too much, señor we do not have enough we will share with you what we have
If you’re appalled by Columbia University students occupying an iconic New York City campus building made famous by ’60s anti-war student protest, patriotic thoughts of the Boston Tea Party must terrify you. Columbia protestors broke a few windows in their continuing demonstrations against the Israeli/American genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Tea Party insurrectionists rallied revolutionaries […]
As parched Palestinian children drink poisoned gutter water, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey sips and savors a refreshing strawberry milkshake. Dressed in a dull gray blazer, preppy slacks and a white open-necked shirt, Pennsylvania’s privileged candidate for re-election clutches his frozen treat like vintage TV show “Happy Days” character Richie Cunningham on a malt shop date. […]
Waving both raised middle fingers above his head, the skinny young protestor widens his stance like a fearless bantamweight fighter. Wearing his pants so low on his bony hips you can see the NBA brand printed on his underwear waistband, he taunts about a dozen members of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) that stand shoulder-to-shoulder […]
