by Runaway Slave | Aug 11, 2009 | Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon
We can only hope they don’t.
by Runaway Slave | Nov 5, 2008 | Costa Rica, Essays & Articles, Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Travel
WARNING: PG13 RATED COLUMN, MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN OR PRUDISH BUSYBODIES. The school is a single room concrete block building up in the hills behind Santa Ana in Costa Rica. It’s poorly lit and cheaply furnished in the Costa Rican style. I spend four...
by Runaway Slave | Aug 8, 2007 | Costa Rica, Essays & Articles, Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon
When we moved to Costa Rica a year and a half ago, the prison-like façades that faced the streets of San Jose appalled us. Steel security bars and razor tape are everywhere. We were delighted that our first house was safe enough in the middle of a large coffee...
by Runaway Slave | Feb 8, 2007 | Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon
Romeo and Juliet found near the city of Varona, Italy where Shakespeare set his famous play about "star crossed lovers."
by Runaway Slave | Feb 2, 2007 | Essays & Articles, Hope, Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon
My baby sister Megan was nearly young enough to be my daughter. She was only two when I left home for college. We never lived under the same roof again. I never thought a sister whom I hardly knew would have so much to teach me about living and dying. Yesterday she...
by Runaway Slave | Aug 2, 2006 | Costa Rica, Essays & Articles, Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon
The day breaks on August 2 here in San Jose, Costa Rica with brass bands blaring and fireworks booming. The pilgrims who have filled the roads for the last few weeks have mostly arrived by now in Cartago, a city about 15 miles east of San Jose. Cartago has three times...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 17, 2006 | Costa Rica, Essays & Articles, Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon
Danielito is just over three feet tall so he travels light. In this climate you don’t need much. Ten degrees north of the equator it’s never cold, wet sometimes, but not cold. He wears an orange and blue striped soccer jersey, number 14, denim shorts with...
