Tag Archives: human rights

Life In Japan: Public Restrooms

I consider peeing-on-demand a basic human right. Like breathing, going to the bathroom is not a lifestyle choice. Japan completely respects the inevitability and the all-too-often urgency of nature’s call. There are clean, safe public restrooms everywhere! Continue reading

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Take it to the streets!

Effective street protests are no longer possible. Even Micah White, one of the founders of OWS, has declared that things have changed and we need to find different mechanisms for demanding reform. Continue reading

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Will they put a meter on my peter?

Corporations want to own and control the world’s water supply. This is a classic case of . . . “to a hammer everything looks like a nail.” To a corporate CEO, everything is a commodity and an opportunity to make money. Continue reading

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Character Witness

I make no secret of this. My novel “An Unlikely Truth” has been out since mid-February of this year. Two-and-a-half years in the making, it’s not just more pulp fiction to add to the pile. I sincerely hope it makes a difference. Continue reading

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