Once Upon A Time, When I Was

In Montreal, Where I Taught In 1970, I Met Many People. The Only Ones Who Said To Me They Were Canadians, Were Jews. All The Rest Were Scotts, Irish, English, French, Swedes.

When Opting Out From Partnership Is So Easy, Every Minor Disagreement Is Perceived As A Major Catastrophe And Irreparable Disaster.

As Far As Love Is Concerned, Possession, Power, Fusion And Disenchantment Are The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse.

State Governments Seek Local Remedies For The Globally Fabricated Deprivations And Miseries In Vain - Just As The Individuals-by-the-decree-of-fate (read: By The Impact Of Deregulation) Seek In Vain The Individual Solutions To The Socially Fabricated Life Problems.

The Bible Unites Its Interpreters As A Shared Focus Of Attention, But It Does Not Demand Consensus. On The Contrary, It Invites And Prods Us To Make Responsible Choices, To Take Responsibility For The Choices That We Have Made... It Was Always Like That, And Our Holy Scripture Grows Over The Centuries, Gets Thicker And Thicker, With More Texts Around, Which Need/have To Be Looked Into, Referred To, Considered.