Author: dove

The Guardian is reporting that two weeks ago,  Slobodan Milosevic’s blood showed traces of rifampicin. This may have negated the effect of other medications that he was prescribed for a heart condition and high blood...

This is the story of Innocent Nkung. Unlike one of my earlier experiments, it is not fiction. I wish it were, though. For now, Innocent Nkung lives in the next town over from the town where I live now. I’ve never met him,...

I’ve been watching from the sidelines for a couple of months now rather than writing much here. Thinking `Hmmm.’ And `This looks familiar.’ And trying to write. And falling into silence. Admittedly I’ve...

If you wake at midnight and hear a girl entreat, Don’t go drawing back the blind or looking in the street Them as asks no questions isn’t told a lie Watch the wall my darling, while the soldiers go by.Five and twenty...

During the short time I’ve been posting here, I’ve been struck by how widespread is the notion that the U.S. is exceptional and unlike any other country. Sometimes this exceptionalism is described as a good thing...