I cannot go another day without Mexican food. I love mate, and Argentines eat quite well, but nothing quite like a burrito from La Monarca taco truck inWalla Walla. I would kill for a fucking burrito.
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"I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social...
A month or so ago, as part of a joint field trip with my Lenses of Culture and Waste and Pollution classes, we went to Osaka to visit the Osaka Human Rights Museum. Organizing thirty American students...
Yesterday, I did something truly groundbreaking, something that I never imagined myself doing. I got my hair cut into a mullet. Not to be funny, not to joke around, but to mesh with the local fashion.
Yes,...
In 2001, it all came crashing down. The political system had no credibility. Two presidents resigned over the course of two weeks; the government defaulted on its foreign debt and later devalued the...
In 2001, it all came crashing down. December 21st, 2001 was the beginning of the end of neoliberalism, as president Fernando de la Rua fled Buenos Aires in helicopter amidst massive riots and an economy...
Three days since it happened. My worst nightmare: someone at home being in trouble, and me not being there to help. I thought about being in this situation earlier this semester and how dreadful it would...
Don't get me wrong, my professor for my Literature of Spain is very good: she is very amiable, animated when she speaks, and clearly passionate about her work. Nonetheless, it is very difficult...
Well, I just completed what has been by far my favorite week in Morocco since I arrived. Last week, I visited a village called Feryat in an arid, sparsely forested region of the Middle Atlas....
I failed to do the right thing today. I was walking home. I live near a middle school and an elementary school, so depending on when I get off the train, I occasionally run into a ton of students on my...
Somehow, I only just realized that I have not provided any clarification regarding what this particular blog is about, let alone about who I am (this is, of course, mainly for those of you reading the...
In the past, I never took issue with the obscenely high cigarette taxes in the U.S ($4 per pack in Washington State). I also knew that cigarette smoking was, unsurprisingly, quite prevalent among the low-income....
