J.B. Rabin | Diachronicles
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| Blog Name: | J.B. Rabin | Diachronicles |
| Url: | http://jbrabin.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | writing, culture, life |
| Description: | A journal for thoughtful indignation, reflection, and wonderment. With a side order of outright snobbery. |
| Popularity: | 48 Followers |
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Beyond Belief
I watched a beautiful documentary last night called Beyond Belief about two American women, Patti Quigley and Susan Retik, who lost their husbands in the 9/11 bombings. Instead of allowing their grief and hatred to consume them, they co-founded a nonprofit called Beyond the 11th, which “provides support to widows in Afghanistan who have been affected by war, terrorism, and oppression.” At one point in the film the two women travel to Afghanistan to meet the women who their grants were helping. What struck me was how distant my preconceptions of these women were from
I watched a beautiful documentary last night called Beyond Belief about two American women, Patti Quigley and Susan Retik, who lost their husbands in the 9/11 bombings. Instead of allowing their grief and hatred to consume them, they co-founded a nonprofit called Beyond the 11th, which “provides support to widows in Afghanistan who have been affected by war, terrorism, and oppression.” At one point in the film the two women travel to Afghanistan to meet the women who their grants were helping. What struck me was how distant my preconceptions of these women were from
Softened Criminals
Puppies Behind Bars is a nonprofit organization that teaches prisoners (some violent offenders) how to train service dogs. The dogs spend 24 hours a day for 12-18 months with their assigned trainer, sleeping in a crate in the trainer’s cell. The prisoners’ stories and their transformations as a result of participating in the program are incredibly inspiring. share. discuss. love it up.
Puppies Behind Bars is a nonprofit organization that teaches prisoners (some violent offenders) how to train service dogs. The dogs spend 24 hours a day for 12-18 months with their assigned trainer, sleeping in a crate in the trainer’s cell. The prisoners’ stories and their transformations as a result of participating in the program are incredibly inspiring. share. discuss. love it up.
Interview With Lisa Gibson, Ambassador of Forgiveness
Blurry screen grab from Libyan TV. Gibson on left, Gaddafi on right. Lisa Gibson lost her brother in the Lockerbie bombing (PanAm flight 103) in 1988. On August 20th of this year the man convicted for the terrorist attack, terminally ill Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds so he could return to Libya to die. On Septe
Blurry screen grab from Libyan TV. Gibson on left, Gaddafi on right. Lisa Gibson lost her brother in the Lockerbie bombing (PanAm flight 103) in 1988. On August 20th of this year the man convicted for the terrorist attack, terminally ill Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds so he could return to Libya to die. On Septe
How To Embrace The End?
Photo by the ridiculously talented Rosie Hardy In a new blog post for The New York Times Timothy Egan explores the medical-industrial complex’s resistance to end-of-life palliative care. According to the article, close to a third of the money spent by Medicare goes towards the last two years of a person’s life despe
Photo by the ridiculously talented Rosie Hardy In a new blog post for The New York Times Timothy Egan explores the medical-industrial complex’s resistance to end-of-life palliative care. According to the article, close to a third of the money spent by Medicare goes towards the last two years of a person’s life despe
How To Embrace The End?
Photo by the ridiculously talented Rosie Hardy In a new blog post for The New York Times Timothy Egan explores the medical-industrial complex’s resistance to end-of-life palliative care. According to the article, close to a third of the money spent by Medicare goes towards the last two years of a person’s life despe
Photo by the ridiculously talented Rosie Hardy In a new blog post for The New York Times Timothy Egan explores the medical-industrial complex’s resistance to end-of-life palliative care. According to the article, close to a third of the money spent by Medicare goes towards the last two years of a person’s life despe
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