Homelesness In New York City
Percentage by which New York City’s homeless-shelter population increased under Bloomeberg: 65 Portion of the city’s shelter population who are children: 2/5
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Live Off Of What Life Gives You
“Live off of what life gives you, and not from what it takes away.”
Read moreCartoon – Beached
Quote – It Smelled Like A Camel
Five blind men met a camel. Each one touched a different part of the animal. Afterward all of them recognized it as a camel. “How did you know?” someone asked. “It smelled like a camel,” said the five blind men.
Read moreCartoon – Conditioner
Cartoon – Inconvenience Stores
Guatemala: A nation in the grip of depression
Guatemalans are suffering from “an epidemic of chronic pessimism,” said Jose J. Camacho. We all seem to agree that “everything is bad, nothing is certain, everyone has a price, and something evil lurks behind every good deed.” The media fuel these perceptions by covering every new incidence of violence exhaustively, lavishing special attention on the most frightening and lurid details […]
Read moreBe Kinder Than Necessary
“Be kinder than you believe is necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle you don’t know about.”
Read morePoem – I Traded Ethel for Tiffany (By Donal Mahoney)
I Traded Ethel for Tiffany I know very little about computers but I use one for basic needs. Poems, stories, not much more. Like some nice women I’ve known, I’ve discovered computers have a mind of their own. They do what they want and expect me to understand. The problem is I never do. I babble in amazement. And like the […]
Read morePoem – Elephant Grief
We are all creatures of this great earth — interconnected in ways beyond understanding. Take elephants. So big. So strong. And yet, when a member of the herd passes, even elephants mourn. They gather around, extend their trunks, and gently touch the tusks of their fallen friend. It’s their ritual. It’s how they heal. And it’s sad. And it’s beautiful. […]
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