The combination of leeks, olive oil and orange juice is serving me well. I sauteed three sliced leeks in olive oil, in the cast iron Dutch oven my mother regrets having handed over to me. I had juiced three oranges and I added the juice to this, and stuffed the rinds into the cavity of … More Cast iron pot
My understanding is this: with narcissism the core problem is that no solid identity actually formed inside of the person. So instead they make up who they would like to be in their head and then write a script for themselves for how they are supposed to act and how others are supposed to act … More A definition of narcissism
Axé.
My student’s father is a retired coyote, she says. We had this poem in elementary school and I found it hackneyed, but I do not now. Axé.
It’s cold today and the cold always makes me think of the Andes. Here we have a traditional recording of Edwin Montoya and his group from Puquío. Axé.
All those academics who talk about “time management,” and have never read this, have truly missed out. [S]i mañana u otro día no tienes, como sueles, pereza de volver a la librería, pereza de sacar tu bolsillo y pereza de abrir los ojos para hojear [los pocos folletos] que tengo que darte [ya], te contaré … More Larra
So this, from radios of long ago, turns out to have been a song from from O CANGACEIRO. Axé.
Tax havens are not exotic, murky sideshows at the fringes of the world economy: they lie at its centre. Half of world trade flows, at least on paper, through tax havens. Every multinational corporation uses them routinely. The biggest users of tax havens by far are not terrorists, spivs, celebrities or Mafiosi – but banks. … More Nicholas Shaxon
For a great many poor people in America, particularly poor black men, prison is a destination that braids through an ordinary life, much as high school and college do for rich white ones. More than half of all black men without a high-school diploma go to prison at some time in their lives. Mass incarceration … More Why criticism of the prison industrial complex is important
The ever vigilant Northern Gaijin has alerted us to this news, which we ignore to our peril. Axé.
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