by Minga Claggett-Borne | Mar 21, 2012 | Light In Action
I. The West is obsessed with Islamophobia. Look at Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation, which had democratic elections in 1955, and, despite a period of dictatorship, had returned peacefully again. Are we fighting wars in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan for...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Mar 21, 2012 | Inspiration from Sages, Rolling by the River's Edge
Today the river was liquid cellophane, silver and lugubrious. Thank God I am ambulatory and up before the Harvard hordes. I had a nightmare the night before. The dream was a bad car accident where I was terribly hurt but without a drop of blood. Do you ever wonder...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Mar 17, 2012 | Light In Action, Stopping Violence
Occupiers, like our sisters/brothers in the Arab Spring are determined to spring forward with democracy. The Occupy movement is making a difference. We have delayed the XL pipeline and fracking (hydraulic fracturing). We are shaking down the US oligarchy, the US...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Feb 19, 2012 | Light In Action, Rolling by the River's Edge
We have much to be thankful for. My life is bedecked with gifts in this rich country in 2012. This Spring in melting America can’t come early enough. What are we waiting for? The Arab Spring is sprung and carried on by Egyptians and Syrians to this day. I...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Feb 19, 2012 | Light In Action
Tianos call it land of mountains Ayiti The Santa Maria shipwrecked on coral, the submerged mountain The Tianos dove and dragged the splintered lumber to build the first European town, La Navidad. Another birth in Ayiti The pewter armor, the reckless white hunger...
