NAMI News
The latest trinational news.Friday, July 18, 2008
Bridges, not walls.
Newspaper Tree, July 18, 2008 - “In his poem ‘Mending Wall,’ Robert Frost was not advocating that ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’ The reference is to a statement by his neighbor who believes in keeping the fence between his property and the persona in the poem in good repair. We assume the persona in the poem is Robert Frost whose opinion is: ‘Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.’ In the current flap over building a wall between Mexico and the United States, it would be well to keep in mind Robert Frost’s injunction “something there is that doesn’t love a wall.” That “something” is that a wall is a barrier.” Read more.
NAMI publishes a monthly e-newsletter of trinational and organizational news. If you would like to keep up with NAMI, trinational issues and NAMI's exclusive events, click here to sign up today.
