Monthly Archives: October 2014

The Bronze Rat

Posted on October 15, 2014 by toritto

Crawford’s business trip to Beijing was coming to an end. Tomorrow evening, after a grueling but successful negotiation involving a triangle of conflicting interests each armed with teams of lawyers, he would take the red-eye home to London. Crawford needed … Continue reading →

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Ebola and Neo-Colonialism

Posted on October 13, 2014 by toritto

Troops of the 101st Airborne at Ft. Campbell, Ky. getting ready for deployment to West Africa. Well, the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history is ravishing the West Africa nations of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. These nations, fantastically rich in … Continue reading →

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Commies Land in Africa! Oh, They’re Doctors?

Posted on October 12, 2014 by toritto

While the United States and the former colonial powers in Europe move to secure their borders against Ebola, a communist brigade has landed in Sierra Leone. No, the commies didn’t send 3,000 soldiers to shoot the virus or to shoot … Continue reading →

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USA! USA! USA!

Posted on October 11, 2014 by toritto

Under the school desk, knees together waiting for the bomb to fall while picking at the Bazooka gum stuck there since last semester There was fear in 1950 but nothing happened; no tanks appeared no men with machine guns came … Continue reading →

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On Malware

Posted on October 10, 2014 by toritto

Months ago I posted a piece entitled “Remembering One Girl From Minsk – October 26, 1941.” Don’t look for it. The post was one of my most popular writes long term. Without fail the piece would get a number of … Continue reading →

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A Great Day in Mississippi

Posted on October 5, 2014 by toritto

Ole Miss It was a great, great day for Mississippi last Saturday. Yes, Mississippi is still one of the poorest states in the union. Yes, many Mississippians still don’t have adequate health care.  Yes, there are still places where it … Continue reading →

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Ebola, Racism and Health Insurance

Posted on October 4, 2014 by toritto

This week America got it’s first Ebola patient – a Liberian man in his early forties visiting his son and family members living in Dallas. We all know the story by now – he left Monrovia without symptoms, flew to … Continue reading →

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Free College Education! Just Not Here!!

Posted on October 3, 2014 by toritto

“Tuition fees are unjust,” “They discourage young people who do not have a traditional academic family background from taking up study. It is a core task of politics to ensure that young women and men can study with a high … Continue reading →

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Reflections on “Think Pink”

Posted on October 1, 2014 by toritto

  It’s a memory as fresh as  yesterday’s  although more than 50 years have gone. Two newly wed kids, just 21 and 18, after a nice dinner at home in our little apartment.  I light up.  Lucky Strike. “Can I try … Continue reading →

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