...adic fits of sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inertia of his confinement he would finally become ensconced there, in ... ...uld finally become ensconced there, in this train jostling him around, and at last fall asleep. This was his hope; but in the meantime there was a lan... ...in jostling him around, and at last fall asleep. This was his hope; but in the meantime there was a languid battle with insomnia and inordinate time t... ...riends and crossed over, annexing his space and engendering his expulsion. At that time, when he had been alone looking out of the window at the tussl... ...turistic daydreams, his mind tried to slow this weltering; it invented its games of distractions, its clutter. Numb in numb thoughts, even though he w... ... to assemble a bridge of ideas that would link them, two distant and alien islands. Words merely verified the fact that their intimacy was a mirage. T... ...nfirmity. Physical intercourse when the mental bridges between the distant islands of man had all collapsed was best alloted to one in this imperfect ... ...anding universe? In the brevity of motorcycle rides and the attendance of football games he did it on a regular basis himself...but then he would alw... ...ut where they worked and lived. Then the conversation changed to that of a football game at the university and, to him, it all seemed staged on his be...

...This is the continuation of Nawin's story. Now a famous prostitute painter suffering a midlife crisis, he abandons supercilious makings of wealth for a train trip ride to Laos where he repudiates and ventures onto something new...

...owning him with woolen fillets; but for ourselves, we shall employ, for the sake of our real good, that more austere and less fascinating ... ...re and less fascinating poet and legend-writer, who will imitate for us the style of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At Tok... ...te for us the style of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At Toksugum Palace in Chongno of Seoul Sang Huin (known by his friends in... ...an to walk to a distant place where a woman in a western wedding dress stood at a pond posing for a picture with her groom. Near earlier buildings San... ...o on forever. The temporary nature of family marshmallow roasts and monopoly games with his father; tire swings and neighbor's tree houses; bicycle ra... ...y Ithaca, in the land of Ancient Atlantis, which the residents of this small island called Antinomy, there was harmony." She again recited and adlibbe... ...ow. There would have been a different reality if Antinomy had been a little island off of our beloved motherland of Antarctica. Anyhow, in the land ... ...t wetting one's pants. Two years went by. He was in his second year. Touch football, soccer, gymnastics, and all realms of movement in PE class help... ...e of the myriad monkeys. The four of them had just returned from an American football game and she was still numb all over like someone who had been k...

... © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-0-1 3 Table of Contents THE RETURN FROM SPACE ...................................................... ............................................................................ 4 THE GOOD LIFE .............................................................. ..................................................... 12 A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS ............................................................ ... found suitable potential homes for the excess world population? 5 —“Not at all. There are a few places on Mars and Venus that might be suitable f... ...pensity to prepare for and recover from war. Plato’s city-state and Bacon’s island state were too small to be useful as models for today’s multi-bil... ...ch as the Haitian children whose parents farm them out on that anti-slavery island, or the African children who are sold outright as slaves. ... ...n blessings come—whether it is good weather or a victory in a war or on the football field. “Whether it is retirement pay increases, state r... ...started calling me Wreck, for shipwreck. It wasn’t a bad name when I played football. I was a linebacker and part 40 time fullback so the name fi... ...dparents than parents. Then look at the number being raised by TV and video games. Seems to me that there aren’t as many children who are really wan...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemu...

... ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Sea... ... ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art ... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... ...—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES ......................... 28 SELF-CENTERED A... ...ouldn‘t be the same without me. It wouldn‘t be heaven if we didn‘t have a football to toss around. You think St. Peter can toss you a post-corner or... ... made me happier when I was younger. Being on the winning side in a tough football game, especially when we played together in high school. Playing ... ... can direct your intellectual efforts in other directions—like into video games, television, or murder mystery books. Why learn the multiplication t... ...ng the South American coasts, Africa, Australia and to other mainlands and islands. This gave him far more geologic and comparative evidence than any... ...and the government was sending their welfare checks to them in the Canary islands. The Dutch welfare system was not fair from his point of view.‖ ...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemu...

.............................................................. 3 RECOGNIZING THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS ......................................................... ...CTION ................................................................ 38 THE HINDU RELIGION AND POPULATION CONTROL .................................... ...pression of Indian drivers was that they tried to avoid the cow but aimed at the pedestrians. Maybe it was their way of reducing the population, or ... ...e starving? Of aiding the sick? It strikes me again that throwing dollars at the impoverished will give only a temporary respite. It may lengthen th... ...es, low gas prices, cheaper utilities, free health care, and Monday Night Football. As individuals, and as a country, you keep borrowing to pay for ... ... For really bad criminals, like murderers or traitors, we send them to an island where they have to take care of themselves. But we aren‘t as stupid... ...s. But we aren‘t as stupid as the English in sending their criminals to an island paradise like Australia. The only real cruelty of the English was t... ...zens who won‘t take time away from their favorite TV programming or video games seem to be your American problems. ―If we are going to have ...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemu...