https://markashwill.com/2023/04/07/do-not-regret-growing-older-it-is-a-privilege-denied-to-many/ This remains my most popular post since I launched this blog in 2009. When I last searched for "do not regret growing older" in Google, there were 68.1 million results. There were 27.1 million results for "It is a privilege denied to many." In both cases, my original post was the first result. It's … Continue reading Revisited: “Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”
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Israel in Five Years: A Prediction
I asked (Sifu) Dai Leon, a New Zealand-based US expat and one of the smartest, most knowledgeable, most well-informed, and best-connected people I know, about Israel's fate in five years. He had this to say: The country, formed by CIA-MI6 allying with Anglo & Jewish Mafias with ties to Talmudic Zionist Cult, has been instrumental … Continue reading Israel in Five Years: A Prediction
“I Am No Longer Interested”
Lila Tamea I saw this post on LinkedIn and asked the author Lila Tamea for permission to share it on my blog. Her message is spot on and resonates with me and many others with a conscience and a moral compass. I, too, have no time for those colleagues who call themselves anti-racist or who … Continue reading “I Am No Longer Interested”
My Story & My Family: Amidst War & Destruction in Jabalia
This is a repost of a story shared by Ahmed Moeen Serdah on LinkedIn about his experiences during the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. If you'd like to help Ahmed and his family, here is his GoFundMe account. Peace, MAA Photos by Ahmed Moeen Serdah Every time we think we have witnessed the utmost … Continue reading My Story & My Family: Amidst War & Destruction in Jabalia
A Message from Gaza
This is a repost from Azhaar Amayreh, a Palestinian woman in Gaza who is struggling to survive the genocide, along with her daughter. Please consider making a donation to support her and her daughter. This photo is from Azhaar's LinkedIn post. The autocratic, despotic, tyrannical Israeli-hand systematically and with pre-planned engineered precision, massacres, annihilates, eliminates … Continue reading A Message from Gaza
The Children of Gaza
Click on the image or this link to watch the video. Palestinians don’t need our pity, they don’t need our praise. They need our meaningful and truthful solidarity. And there is no time for despair. ~ Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan ~ This slideshow is the second in a four-part series about the ongoing Israeli-executed genocide and ethnic cleansing in … Continue reading The Children of Gaza
Christmas Eve
This piece was written by Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) and Robert Hillyer (1895-1961). Hillyer taught at my undergraduate alma mater, the University of Delaware, from 1952 until his death. Coincidentally, Hillyer died at the age of 66 on 24 December 1961. (On a personal note both Pinkham and Hillyer are distant paternal cousins.) I think of … Continue reading Christmas Eve
Christmas (In a Time of Genocide)
This is a guest post by Tamara Abood, a UK-based psychotherapist to corporate and creative professionals, and a lawyer. Christmas Tree for this year is not the usual Christmas tree lit in Manger Square in our little town of Bethlehem. This year our Christmas Tree in Gaza was gifted to us by Israel, decorated by … Continue reading Christmas (In a Time of Genocide)
For Those Still Silent on the Gaza Genocide
Guest Post by Shivani Chaudhry If you could lose your job for speaking out against genocide, then it's not a place worth working at.If you worry what 'others' will say if you stand against genocide, those 'others' need to be ignored.If you feel a genocide occurring in another country doesn't concern you, you're wrong. It … Continue reading For Those Still Silent on the Gaza Genocide
The Unexamined Life
This is a guest post by Tamara Abood, a UK-based psychotherapist to corporate and creative professionals, and a lawyer. I’m looking at video footage of a young girl on her knees in the middle of a road. It’s night. She’s lit by the car lights nearby. She looks to be in enormous pain. She is … Continue reading The Unexamined Life
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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