(Continued from Simon Fraser) At a distance, San Francisco in late ‘68 still glowed from the “Summer of Love” festival the previous year. But that glow was like the light that continues to travel in space after its source burns out. My friend in San Francisco — the noted Marxist economist James O’Connor — then …
Continued from Hell No I Won’t Go) My first impression of Vancouver was of a beautiful vacation land. I had found temporary lodging in a tiny furnished apartment in the city with a window facing north onto the harbor , and on the first clear morning, the panorama of snowy peaks across the water, almost within …
(Continued from College (3) – Paris) During our spring semester in Paris in 1961, the Algerian war of independence had been in its final stages. We American students mostly kept our noses in our books. Still, it was impossible not to become aware of the great agitation in the city and the country. On many nights …
MOSAIC #12 On January 30, 1933, the infamous thing happened: Hitler took power in Germany. It was my last year in high school. Soon the curriculum changed drastically and we were told absolutely laughable lies. For instance, the Jews (and the Arabs) had contributed nothing to civilization. Albert Einstein was not a Jew. Jesus was …
