For Rui- with Daddy’s love. WHEN lilacs last in the door-yard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d—and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring. O ever-returning spring! trinity sure to me you bring; Lilac blooming perennial, and drooping star in the west, And thought of him … More When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d
The Japanese government will announce its accession to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction on Friday. Should we be excited? Should we celebrate? Japanese child abduction is an epidemic. In the global world in which more communications flow with greater and greater diffusion, and differences between countries increasingly become more a … More Swat the Fly!
“The matzah before us at our seder is like the poor bread that our fathers ate in Egypt. Matzah in the Haggadah is a remembrance of the affliction of enslavement. Let all who are hungry come and eat. Next year, may we all be free.” The bread of affliction is dry, sharp, and hard. … More Bread of Affliction
On April 9th, I joined with members of BAC Home in Washington to protest Japanese International Child Abduction at Sakura Matsuri, the annual Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival, and to urge the US government to take assertive action to bring our endangered children home. With the news of nuclear fallout and contaminated food and water ringing … More BAC HOME PROTESTS JAPANESE INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION AT SAKURA MATSUI IN D.C., 04-09-11
For Rui Boy 