The Christmas card from Paris arrived on Christmas Eve like clockwork. I never suspected that the French postal system was any better than the Mexican one! But for the last few years we have received a Christmas card from poet/novelist/environmentalist/diplomat/etc Homero Aridjis and his wife Betty. Aridjis is now the permanent Mexican representative to UNESCO in Paris. Of Aridjis I have written at length in this blog. Here is one with a connection to Vancouver's George Bowering. The Christmas card always has a little cellophane bag with a Mexican tin Christmas ornament. I have a long string o... Go to original article ...
Xinhua - People across China, particularly in Nanjing City, gathered on Thursday to mourn the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, murdered by invading Japanese soldiers 70 years ago, and to wish for eternal peace in the world.The bell tolled and Nanjing...
NJ.com - The Japanese lost World War II. But they might have won the peace.Their allies in Germany continue to confront their own guilt. Even those nations that fought for democracy still struggle with the decisions they made to win that war. Symposi...
The Montreal Gazette - It was 70 years ago today that one of the most numbing atrocities in history took place. Japanese forces invaded the Chinese city of Nanking and raped, tortured and murdered almost 300,000 Chinese women, children and soldiers i...
