1 Scraps of Apostasy

A surfeit of gospel

Among the marginalized

Stalwart under the volcano 

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2 Scraps of Protest

Peaceful protest

Of inspirational futility

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3 Scraps of Dire Apprehension

A skinhead interruption

Cosily on the liquidation list

A stake in the corpse

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4 Scraps of Fragility 

A tale of the field

A talking feather and imaginary flower

Mea Culpa at Rocky Point Park  

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5 On the African Front

Documentaries, juxtaposed

Window lickers at war 

Beyond Hotel Rwanda

In partial defense of the #419 scammers 

Rhodesians do die

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6 Disneyland in a Sandbox

First impressions

The first and last visit to Bur Juman mall

Of mammon’s lure

Power and grace

Bedu in the Bordello

After dispensation of justice

Hospitality on the beach

Of a royal’s intuition

Dubai, 5 years on

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7 Of the Ole Time Religion

Of the prosperity gospel

A fourth awakening?

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8 Thoughts from the Periphery

A world safe for baseball

The eve of invasion

Exploiting squeamishness

Fluency in the master culture

At ease in his own skin

Cultural sensitivity in the War on Terror

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9 Of the Buffoon Messiah

Dead rat for president?

Of the postmodern Trump

Blind agent of the blind Watchmaker?

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10 The Foundations, Shaken

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