Tag Archives: daphni leef

summer in the city

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Dave

In the heat of the night….. Its a sort of nihilism; this pushing to the social extremes to find a sort of paradox in the divine secular spiritual center that is non-existent. A reflection of visual indifference to the protest … Continue reading →

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normal: what them worry?

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Dave

Stiff necked? For sure. The perils of Pauline in the desert is clear evidence of that, an unruly nature not easily buying into the coach’s plans for victory and redemption,perhaps setting the seeds for the later exile. But today is … Continue reading →

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everybody knows : too long in exile

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Dave

Everybody Knows. As Palestine steps up to the plate with a request, a demand to be granted statehood. Like the story Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer, we know the game is fixed, and Casey will whiff. Is this … Continue reading →

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a million bash: erasing the debt

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Dave

A million people march on september 3 to demand social justice in Israel. Well a bit less than half presented themselves. A lot of folks equivalent to about 20 million in Washington. The two state solution is actually justice and … Continue reading →

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everybody is connected

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Dave

It remains unclear whether the promises will satisfy the protesters or feed their indignation. But Israel’s tent city protest triggered over affordable housing and the larger concerns of social justice in a society with deepening income disparity is a reflection … Continue reading →

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will the real terrorists please stand up

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dave

Is this the 1960′s redux? Is the West entering a political phase similar to Europe of the nineteenth-century? Again. A world of social conflict and possible political upheaval and at least fragmentation. Are we willing to look into the dark … Continue reading →

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it can’t happen here?

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dave

Is Israel having its own version of the Arab Spring? Possibly. In its own inscrutable way, the divisions between Left and Right that are marking American politics are finding political similarities. In fact, status and invidious comparison in the Holy … Continue reading →