Anthony ILacqua (Page 9)

Then the mob returns. The mob returns to burn books. The mob returns to start to throw stones. The mob returns to lynch someone or a group of someones. The mob returns to build a wall. If the notion of belonging to a group, a religious organization or a politicalContinue Reading

Control. It’s all about control. Missionaries come to my door. They have paperwork. They have handbills and they have the GOP or the Apocalypse to sell me. They have something to do me good, to save my soul or my freedoms. I tell them I don’t believe we have aContinue Reading

I have no real aversion to someone taking drink on occasion. I don’t have any real aversion to this only because I have the predilection to take a drink too. Although I don’t not approve the nearly obsessive use of marijuana, I am unfortunately trapped in the dead middle ofContinue Reading

I have always, since a very young age, been a creature of the night. I wish there were better things, darker things, deeper things to say about the creature of the night statement. I have often been called a vampire, but being awake in the night and being uncomfortable inContinue Reading

Then come the autodidacts. Autodidact, I like the sound of it. I have favored some words simply because of the way they look, the way the sound or the very nature of them. For instance, I like the word apple because of the way it looks when written. I occasionallyContinue Reading

What happens once we finish school, leave the compulsory education or graduate from any formal institution? Where do we go from there? I think for most people it really does end there. I think for most people the workaday life begins. With that life comes the bills, the television, theContinue Reading

I never had any intention of going to university. After all, I had been a student who did poorly from a very young age on. I was granted a high school diploma, but I didn’t earn it nor did I deserve it. So, why go to college at all? ForContinue Reading

I feel very fortunate to live in a country where education is both free and compulsory. I have never been offended when the schools want more money. Anyone who would begrudge a school district tax money is myopic and cruel. After all, the better the education system, the better theContinue Reading

Is there any reason to read outside of the obvious benefits: better vocabulary, better focus, more empathy and compassion, avoiding dementia, and as education to be a writer? I don’t think so. I don’t think there is anything new I can state on the subject of reading. I feel likeContinue Reading