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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Words … — Filosofa’s Word

President Biden gave a speech yesterday in Warsaw, Poland, before heading home.  The speech has been hailed by many, comparing it to two of what are considered the greatest speeches of the Cold War by U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.  While I have not listened to the speech, I have read the […]

Words … — Filosofa’s Word

William’s ‘Sorrow’ a Sorry Excuse For an Apology

Reparations is the least that the nations who supported slavery can do… to “pay” for the evil that they profited from.

Jamaica Woman Tongue

In 2002, Boris Johnson wrote a column for the Daily Telegraph in which he reported the following: “It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies.” Johnson’s use of the passive voice deliberately conceals the identity of whoever is supposed to have made that scandalous statement.

Of course, “It is said” does not mean that it is true. Rumour is notoriously unreliable. But Johnson’s declaration has the ring of proverbial authority. He does not need to provide any evidence to support his damning allegation. It’s common knowledge. Intentionally or not, the man who is now prime minister of the UK and Northern Ireland claimed that it’s widely known that the Queen is racist. Or, at the very least, is addicted to the adoration of the Commonwealth!

The Jamaican historian Howard Johnson brought Boris Johnson’s newspaper…

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Los sabores, cuando encantan…

A cool drink of juice of black currents brings me back to a wondrous spring day in Singapore in an instant.

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Los sabores regalan esencias, aromas, purezas o mezclas; pero también, cuando encantan, ofrecen armonía, equilibrio, amor, laboriosidad y tiempo. Los sabores que prepara la naturaleza o los que elaboran los seres humanos, son irrenunciables al paladar, a los sentidos, y deleitan, como si, al arrancar pedazos de instantes, minutos y horas, los impregnaran con sus fórmulas para invitar a la naturaleza, al mundo, al universo a hacer bellas pausas dentro de su incansable palpitar. Los sabores tienen perfumes y también, no lo niego, colores y formas, matices y rasgos que enamoran y se añaden al encanto de comer. He notado, igualmente, que los sabores, al probarlos, traen recuerdos, sentimientos e ideas, imágenes familiares o de otros días, personas y momentos. Son un poema, un concierto sinfónico, el trazo y la conclusión de un proyecto y una encomienda de la…

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