Monthly Archives: August 2024

TCS: In the City Where Money Was All

Good Morning! _______________________________ “Fascism is capitalism plus murder. – Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, an exposé of the U.S. meatpacking industry and wage slavery ________________ “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the … Continue reading

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TCS: The Heat Is Too Intense For It

    Good Morning!  _______________________________ “Poetry is a sort of homecoming.” – Paul Celan, Romanian-born French poet, and holocaust survivor ________________ “What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” – Charles Bukowski, German-born American poet ________________ “August is … Continue reading

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TCS: To Cherish In Their Souls A Reverence For Truth

   Good Morning! _______________________________ “The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.”― W. Somerset Maugham ________________ “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.”― Zora Neale Hurston, opening line of Their … Continue reading

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TCS: We Should Be Careful of Each Other … While There Is Still Time

    Good Morning!  _______________________________ “It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.”  ― Ansel Adams ________________ “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so … Continue reading

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