Oh, if only we had knownhow soon the oceans would turn to foam,dried seabed wisping into dust;we become it, it becomes us. A friendship like ours appeared so realbut its imprints could never harden to steelaround the words we once had sworn.My hair once let long, now freshly shornwith an old ax of yours, brandished… Read more »
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Satire, Sarcasm
As If To Say
Wants and Needs
“More people die of unenlightened self interest, than of any other disease.” – Parable of the Talents
Islam with an Austrian Character
Is an authentic, local Islam to be brought about via legislation, or should it come organically from within communities? In the resort town of Lech, Austria there is only one story late in the ski season. Beneath the warm spring sun, torrents of beer flow from the taps, and the après-ski crowd share the day’s… Read more »
Your iPhone, China’s Ecological Disaster, and the Pitfalls of Free Trade
To the average American iPhone owner, the components and inner workings of the smartphone are somewhat of an enigma. To the poor farmers of Baotou, a city in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, they are less so. Though the grand majority of Baotou farmers barely earn enough to feed and clothe their families, much… Read more »