One does not have to be a seer to know that as a nation we may be heading toward disaster. We live in a time of great affluence and of astounding possibilities for human happiness and fulfillment. And this only makes the degrading poverty in our country so scandalous and so unnecessary. We have changed … Read more
Taking advantage of a recent visit by my sister Lilia, a US-based nurse, I proposed a family reunion in Baguio. From a brood of 13 brothers and sisters, eight signed up for the trip with their spouses and children. We came in five vehicles loaded with food, and rented a big house with a kitchen. … Read more
In 1982, Ariel Sharon was Israel’s Defense Minister. Yasser Arafat was the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), which was then acting as a government in exile. Two of the biggest refugee camps in which Palestinians who had been driven out of their homes in Northern Galilee had found shelter were Sabra and Shatila … Read more
Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has sent an army of more than 3000 soldiers and 200 tanks and bulldozers into the Palestinian towns of Nablus, Bethlehem, and Ramallah. Israeli forces cordoned off these areas, cut the electricity, and blocked all food supply to their inhabitants. The aim is to get rid of Yasser Arafat as … Read more