James Smith's Writings
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Article
Jul.26.2008
www.ParaibaParadise.com
The Start
Even from Brasil, getting to the Amazon isn’t always easy. From our home in João Pessoa, we had to go to Recife, two hours away by car, to get a flight. Then we had a “local” instead of an “express” flight and it stopped at every place with an airport so it was over six hours on one airplane. When we arrived at Manaus, Brasil we didn’t see...
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Column
Jul.26.2008
Arizona Republic
Freedom’s Last Ring
by James E. Smith 09/12/2001
From a Newsweek story on MSNBC:
“Security will require another type of sacrifice of freedoms. In the NEWSWEEK Poll, voters say they are willing to give up privacy in air travel, but they are more skeptical of other measures, such as surveillance of e-mail and phone conversations. By a 62-32 percent margin,...
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Poem
Jul.26.2008
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A Road For Two
There’s a road that’s built for two,
It runs smooth and rough, as roads may do.
Sometimes steep and sometimes dark,
There may be thunder or song of lark.
Days of flowers and days of sun,
Days of joy, when fears are none.
Days of rain, when storm winds blow,
Days of pain, when tears may flow.
Through the miles and through the years,
Through...
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