Two days ago I read of the announcement that wifi internet access will be deployed across all of Amtrak’s Acela trains. My first reaction was a reflexive appreciation of progress. I’m a fan of travel by train when I can afford it, and I can schedule my travel such that an Acela ticket does not [...]
Two ships, the Free Gaza and the Liberty, are sailing against the Israeli blockage of the Gaza Strip as a form of human rights protest. I’ve received an email blast from The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). Apparently early this morning they were in contact with the sea-going activists for a brief period and [...]
I’m listening to the reading of the Declaration of Independence on NPR this morning as I read the news. I am not encouraged as the two hundred and thirty two years old litany of complaints echoes through my head and I compare them to the nature of the recent news an analysis (see the clippings [...]