Tag: Prisoner

In the classic fable, “The Prisoner and the Bread,” a prisoner finds himself locked in a room with two items: a loaf of bread and a key. With no idea how to use the key or why it was there in the first place, the prisoner had a difficult decision to make. After careful consideration, he ...

If we are asked, whether we’d like to be rich or poor, most, or even all of us would choose to be rich — It is just natural, since riches is identical with happiness; riches is identical with prosperity and peace in life. It seems like no one will choose to live a miserable life....

Three of them stood by the door of a grey cell. Their arms were crossed, and they leaned against the dirty wall. They were amused. It was like they were watching a pantomime. They were laughing. They howled like wolves. It was the funniest thing they had ever seen. I undressed slowly. I hoped ...

“Take your clothes off!” One of the officers barked. Three of them stood by the door of a grey cell. Their arms were crossed, and they leaned against the dirty wall. They were amused. It was like they were watching a pantomime. They were laughing. They howled like wolves. It was th...

On April 18, 1977 Leonard Peltier was convicted for alleged involvement in the killing two FBI officers, Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams, at Pine Ridge, South Dakota. These men died in 1975 during a shoot-out between the FBI and Native American activists. Previous to this time, Leonard Pelti...