Tag Archives: religion

European Dominion and White Privilege

Posted on July 13, 2016 by toritto

I have always been a bit of a history buff.  Not a professional mind you but a student.  When I was a young man I had been accepted into the Master of History program at a relatively prestigious northeastern university … Continue reading →

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Akhenaten – Monotheist and Scientist

Posted on April 23, 2016 by toritto

“How many are your deeds, though hidden from sight. O sole God without equal ! You made the Earth as You desired, You alone. With people, cattle, and all creatures. With everything upon Earth that walks on legs, and all … Continue reading →

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Transparency

Posted on April 19, 2016 by toritto

Wild daughters Absent fathers Bourgeoisie bedrooms Nosferatu comes from Mexico to take your wife Utopias and horrors Ghosts and martyrs Doppelgangers Authority; insanity Fascists and Communists Psychiatrists, Psychologists The dictator is already present carrying out master’s orders Soulless Faceless men Power … Continue reading →

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Antonim and Me

Posted on February 14, 2016 by toritto

My eldest daughter texted me yesterday – “Scalia is dead.” I must admit I felt nothing ; only ambivalence. I am not one to celebrate a  death; not one to say “good!!  No big loss!”  I guess I feel what I suppose … Continue reading →

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Paints and Ladders

Posted on October 17, 2015 by toritto

You gaze upwards at the ceiling peeling and covered in smoke from the candles lighted daily taking prayers to heaven You shake your head in despair;               it needs paint                         yet you are unable … Continue reading →

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Ghost Dance

Posted on July 28, 2015 by toritto

My father has much pity for us my father has much pity I hold out my hands toward him and cry in my poverty I hold out my hands in my poverty I cry. Wovóka the Paiute received the Na’nisa’ana … Continue reading →

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On Religion – Or My Lack Thereof

Posted on July 22, 2015 by toritto

Those of you who consider me a socialist pinko commie radical may be of the opinion that I am not a religious man.  You would be right. I was an altar boy of the Tridentine Mass as a kid and … Continue reading →

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