October 2011
3 posts
A 100 Word Story on the anniversary of my birth
I can’t remember when my birthday stopped being something that felt important enough to lose sleep over. As a child, I stayed awake late into the night each Birthday Eve in anticipation of the new age. Although gifts, party and cake were ingredients in the stimulating mix, the overwhelming factor was the realization that dawn’s portal would transport me into some wondrous new level of...
From Wounded Knee to Wall Street: Columbus Day and...
Have you ever wondered why the United States still celebrates a national holiday honoring the guy who initiated the genocide of the native American peoples? The man who sold girls into sexual slavery, burned escaped slaves alive, and had babies killed for dog food? I have. I’ve wondered about it quite a bit.
It seems to me that Columbus Day’s continued place on the U.S. calendar is...
