and she was

And she was lying in the grass And she could hear the highway breathing And she could see a nearby factory She’s making sure she is not dreaming See the lights of a neighbor’s house Now she’s starting to rise Take a minute to concentrate And she opens up her eyes The world was moving Continue reading and she was

qotd

Indifference is not so much a gesture of looking away—of choosing to be passive—as it is an active disinclination to feel. Indifference shuts down the humane, and does it deliberately, with all the strength deliberateness demands. Indifference is as determined—and as forcefully muscular—as any blow. — Cynthia Ozick

Terror or Islam?

Ariel reasons, and writes, well: Middle East and Morality : Is it Terrorism we are fighting? It is not radical Islam we are fighting, but the use of terrorism by radical Islam to achieve means.