Category Archives: South Africa

Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina.

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Don’t cry for me, Argentina, from the musical Evita.  Today though, I am thinking of the new Pope.  Good luck Francis.  A Jesuit Pope.  What would Tim Russert think? I also thought of my late friend Laurie Poole Musgrove Cormack. … Continue reading →

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Oscar Pistorius, South Africa and Guns.

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

You’ve read all sorts of articles about South Africa and its gun violence.  I am writing this, because I’m an American who has visited South Africa. First of all, we idolize athletes.  I know I did as a child.  People … Continue reading →

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The Oscars.

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Actually, this is the three Oscars.  The first is last Sunday’s Oscar awards, a good thing.  I thought about the second Oscar when I was out at the mall.  I wore my Oscar the Grouch T Shirt.  People enjoy that … Continue reading →

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A Pistorius Lot is not a Happy One, The South African Gun Culture.

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

I know, I’m an American, I should talk.  When I visited South Africa, I was shocked at the number of guns, and I am from Brooklyn, New York.  I don’t shock easily.  Now, I live in Tucson, Arizona, where guns … Continue reading →

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