by David Sasaki | Feb 21, 2007 | English
The truth is that most people would much rather read about her personal life than recent protests in Zimbabwe. That’s not a criticism, it’s just reality. And after all, what difference does it make whether we spend our lunch hour reading about celebrity affairs or protests in some foreign land if all we do with that information is repeat it with raised eyebrows at dinner parties?
by David Sasaki | Oct 17, 2006 | English
“Estación Chacao” says the pre-recorded voice. The brakes screech to a halt, the doors sigh open, and I depart. Those former lovers with whom I had been lying in bed are again strangers. They will mug me in the street and they will help me when I ask for...
by David Sasaki | Oct 11, 2006 | English
Not long ago, UTNE Reader had a fantastic issue dedicated solely to the oppression of choice. “Too much choice” was an argument against Bush’s social security reform. (Giving Americans a choice in how they invest their social security would cause...
by David Sasaki | Sep 30, 2006 | English, Travel, Venezuela 2006
Subways, I love them. The door to the carriage opens, it closes, and your two or five or 15 minutes of silent intimacy with people you’ve never met begins. Like unacquainted sardines. Like a colony of seals piled upon each other in stoic orgy. We’re rich,...
by David Sasaki | Sep 21, 2006 | English
Traveling up and down the West Coast in August, friends, family, and strangers solicited my thoughts on Cuba. “It’s a wonderful country,” I tell them, “and if you’re willing to wait in line for half an hour or so, you can get a...
by David Sasaki | Sep 13, 2006 | English
Sometimes I wonder how our ancestors envisioned their own lives before the invention of film. I know that, for me, reflection is a cinematic occurrence. Here I am, parked on the soft shoulder of Interstate 5, southbound, accompanied only by the ghostly screams of...
