Archive for the 'Poverty' Category

Blessed Be the Slobs

For a number of years I have been going to the same resort in Jamaica. Quite a few years ago I met the man who picks up trash and plastic cups from the beach, arranges the beach lounges and chairs for the next day and then rakes the beach.
He’s a Rastafarian as is his father […]

Lead Update

This supports my commentary regarding traces of lead in paint on toys coming in from China.
(Please see my previous post, “Toys and Lead”)
I have just read an article that appeared January 22nd, on NEWSMAX HEALTH.
I feel that it is important to spread this information because many home remedies from Latin American countries and India use […]

Free, But…

I had not planned to get into this subject at the present time but events sometimes arise that push us in directions not of our choosing.
Today, there was a news article on the Internet from The Christian Science Monitor. It was an article written by Mackubin Thomas Owens who is Professor of National Security Affairs […]

POVERTY

Poverty is not simply a word, it is a complex system of existence.
As I see it there are four  types of poverty:
1. By birthplace.
2. By circumstance.
3. By choice.
4. By mental inability to survive in a social setting.
 
Taking the first case, poverty by birthplace. There are children who are born into areas that have had their […]

No Revolution–yet

 
When I was a kid in junior high school I stocked shelves in a small neighborhood grocery store. The owner, Harry Levine, was a quiet, honest and wise man. I remember him telling me about his coming to America.
WWII had ended that summer and the Russians were occupying Eastern Europe as a reward for their […]