Limited Time Offer- From now until July 26, 2009 (that is the last day of our annual party which we are doing this year to try and raise money for Randy Townend (a very old and dear friend).  Randy . . . more

Your arrival sends me dancing in the rain and ameliorates history. In silence after the storm, my smile returns. Wine fills my cup, wiping away despair. Gracious prayers fill the . . . more

This morning serendipity woke me with magic, but in your absence I crawl to the temple and pray.  For without you, I'm caught in a treacherous storm where dreams die. Kismet once kissed my . . . more

  A cat falls from a six story building and survives Two men meet and exchange harsh words Blows are exchanged. Knives are drawn Neither survives   The cat survived because he remembered . . . more

"CAIRO - Iranian leaders say they have obtained confessions from top reformist officials that they plotted to bring down the government with a "velvet" revolution. Such confessions, almost always extracted . . . more

The Washington Post is reporting that France is seeking to once again become a major arms supplier to Baghdad. The Post says, "At stake, specialists here said, are billions of dollars in potential . . . more

He wanted it to rain when he said, like on those perfect summer days that could only be properly concluded with a thunderstorm. He wanted the snow to fall in blizzards when he had a math . . . more

Page by page I throw my life away. Tattered sheets out in the wind some more white to burn and blend. I sit on roofs and stare at stars but only maps say where we are. I run down streets in pouring . . . more

Of course, you'd have to define the actual level of violence that would prompt such action by the United States. How much is too much? From Bloomberg: "July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Vice President Joseph Biden . . . more