walls

at left, life's a beach in Tijuana


at right, a Palestinian boy exploring his neighborhood

In the Senate, the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (more) passed with a vote of 80-19, with most of the Nays coming from New England. Perhaps our geographic distance limits the pervasive fear expressed elsewhere. Or perhaps we just prefer walls of our own making.


(soundtrack: from a 2007 production of "Oklahoma" at South Side Middle School in Rockville Centre, NY)