New Oxymoron: “Japanese Reform” – Interpret With Care

The subject is child abduction. The discussion is about slothfully slow, eventual accession to the Hague Convention and civil code reform will take place: Japan will continue to protect kidnappers, practice abduction internally by denying parents access to their own children,  and hold out for reservations –  conditions and exceptions for refusal to return kidnapped … More New Oxymoron: “Japanese Reform” – Interpret With Care

Rock Me to Sleep

Rui –   Louis Prager –  was named for my mom, Lois Prager. Because she died in 1992, she didn’t meet her last grandchild.  She would have been delighted by him; they would have loved each other. Look at how their eyes match. Intelligence  and sensitivity show in the  set of their mouths, and the … More Rock Me to Sleep

All Or Nothing At All

Washington Winter State Department Town Hall with Kurt Campbell Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild W.B. Yeats *** The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. Dante Alighieri 1 At the end of the 2nd full week of January … More All Or Nothing At All