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Sunday, August 31, 2014
The Courage To Disarm Is anyone healthy enough, mentally, emotionally or spiritually, to be trusted with the use of lethal force?
Sunday, August 31, 2014The Courage To Disarm Is anyone healthy enough, mentally, emotionally or spiritually, to be trusted with the use of lethal force?
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Reclaiming 'Chiraq' Can Restorative Justice save Chicago? Violence is eating parts of this city alive. The civil rights movement needs to resummon its courage and demand a radically new social structure.
Friday, November 15, 2013Reclaiming 'Chiraq' Can Restorative Justice save Chicago? Violence is eating parts of this city alive. The civil rights movement needs to resummon its courage and demand a radically new social structure.
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Friday, October 11, 2013
A Rationality Shutdown The government's reptile brain remains in full operation. It hasn't shut down war, just compassion and common sense.
Friday, October 11, 2013A Rationality Shutdown The government's reptile brain remains in full operation. It hasn't shut down war, just compassion and common sense.
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
Hope Flows from Hollow Water Residents of Hollow Water tried to save their shattered community. Maybe they wound up saving the world.
Saturday, October 5, 2013Hope Flows from Hollow Water Residents of Hollow Water tried to save their shattered community. Maybe they wound up saving the world.
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Building Real Peace Building peace means more than protesting war. Nonviolent Peaceforce shows us how it's done in some of the world's most volatile trouble spots.
Thursday, September 19, 2013Building Real Peace Building peace means more than protesting war. Nonviolent Peaceforce shows us how it's done in some of the world's most volatile trouble spots.
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
First, Do No Harm I know nowhere to start except here. And I know of nothing less to reach for than...salvation. I use this language not to promote existing religions, which far too often collude in the problem, but to reach deep into the human core, into the raw material of existence, to find new commonality with one another and to discover new -- or perhaps I mean to rediscover ancient, uncompromised and uncorrupted -- principles to live by.
Sunday, June 13, 2010First, Do No Harm I know nowhere to start except here. And I know of nothing less to reach for than...salvation. I use this language not to promote existing religions, which far too often collude in the problem, but to reach deep into the human core, into the raw material of existence, to find new commonality with one another and to discover new -- or perhaps I mean to rediscover ancient, uncompromised and uncorrupted -- principles to live by.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
First, Do No Harm The oil that continues to spill into the Gulf is a criis of civilization and implicates all of us. Can we rebuild our world on a foundation of core principles? First, do no harm!
Thursday, June 10, 2010First, Do No Harm The oil that continues to spill into the Gulf is a criis of civilization and implicates all of us. Can we rebuild our world on a foundation of core principles? First, do no harm!
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Supremes on Corporate Personhood "The Constitution was written to protect real people,not to give corporations the power to challenge our fundamental rights and enacted laws,"said Price,Alliance for Democracy Co-Chair."With this decision, a business-friendly Supreme Court majority is further eroding the very basis of our democracy by allowing corporate money to dominate the political process.Corporate political speech is louder than that of ordinary persons.
Thursday, January 21, 2010Supremes on Corporate Personhood "The Constitution was written to protect real people,not to give corporations the power to challenge our fundamental rights and enacted laws,"said Price,Alliance for Democracy Co-Chair."With this decision, a business-friendly Supreme Court majority is further eroding the very basis of our democracy by allowing corporate money to dominate the political process.Corporate political speech is louder than that of ordinary persons.
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Brace Yourself Power transfer is no different in a settled democracy than anywhere else.It's as messy,greed-driven & trouble-prone as an unregulated free market.Probably the biggest threat to fair and free elections is our faith-based belief that on this one occasion,when the stakes are highest,no one in America-no one who has power to lose-is going to cheat.This is a fool's mythology.Our future is up for grabs in less than a month.
Thursday, October 9, 2008Brace Yourself Power transfer is no different in a settled democracy than anywhere else.It's as messy,greed-driven & trouble-prone as an unregulated free market.Probably the biggest threat to fair and free elections is our faith-based belief that on this one occasion,when the stakes are highest,no one in America-no one who has power to lose-is going to cheat.This is a fool's mythology.Our future is up for grabs in less than a month.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Deep Cry for Integrity $700 billion for the greedy few, a pittance at best for the common good? We won't solve our financial problems at the level of thinking that created them.
Thursday, September 25, 2008The Deep Cry for Integrity $700 billion for the greedy few, a pittance at best for the common good? We won't solve our financial problems at the level of thinking that created them.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Goo-Goo America The problems & potential problems with hackable electronic voting machines, sloppy ballot chain-of-custody procedures & other matters related to the voting process itself are enormous & troubling,& I will address them as the election nears.For now,I focus on the basic fact of power.Its tendency to corrupt is known,documented & filed away under "history."Goo-Goo America has to rouse itself & rise to the challenges because
Thursday, September 18, 2008Goo-Goo America The problems & potential problems with hackable electronic voting machines, sloppy ballot chain-of-custody procedures & other matters related to the voting process itself are enormous & troubling,& I will address them as the election nears.For now,I focus on the basic fact of power.Its tendency to corrupt is known,documented & filed away under "history."Goo-Goo America has to rouse itself & rise to the challenges because
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Friday, August 1, 2008
Citizens of the World The surge of history Obama's run for the presidency summons contradicts the petty, short-sighted politics he occasionally plays.
Friday, August 1, 2008Citizens of the World The surge of history Obama's run for the presidency summons contradicts the petty, short-sighted politics he occasionally plays.
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Friday, June 27, 2008
An Urgency of Joy The culture of war gets what it wants. What it fears most is disarmament and the burgeoning forces of peace.
Friday, June 27, 2008An Urgency of Joy The culture of war gets what it wants. What it fears most is disarmament and the burgeoning forces of peace.
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
The Prerequisite for Salvation Over and over again, we mobilize ourselves around the illusion of consequence-free, violent eradication of threats and annoyances, and in the process run roughshod over a more complex view of human interaction and effective problem-solving. True self-defense begins with eye contact.
Thursday, September 6, 2007The Prerequisite for Salvation Over and over again, we mobilize ourselves around the illusion of consequence-free, violent eradication of threats and annoyances, and in the process run roughshod over a more complex view of human interaction and effective problem-solving. True self-defense begins with eye contact.
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Presence of Mind Self-defense is more about eye contact than firepower. If you've ever defused a threat unarmed, let me know. It's time to disarm the myth of redemptive violence.
Thursday, August 30, 2007Presence of Mind Self-defense is more about eye contact than firepower. If you've ever defused a threat unarmed, let me know. It's time to disarm the myth of redemptive violence.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Nanny State As we belittle government we also erode patriotism -- and that's probably a good thing. Humanity is entering its political adolescence.
Thursday, August 23, 2007The Nanny State As we belittle government we also erode patriotism -- and that's probably a good thing. Humanity is entering its political adolescence.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Creative Destruction Our only hope is to remember not just the horrors of the neocons' war in Iraq but the ironies. Bush's "war on terror" is a terrorist's best friend.
Thursday, August 16, 2007Creative Destruction Our only hope is to remember not just the horrors of the neocons' war in Iraq but the ironies. Bush's "war on terror" is a terrorist's best friend.
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Thursday, August 9, 2007
Disciples of Yossarian Relax! Barack Obama would only target non-civilians with nuclear weapons. This is why we need a Democrat in office.
Thursday, August 9, 2007Disciples of Yossarian Relax! Barack Obama would only target non-civilians with nuclear weapons. This is why we need a Democrat in office.
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
Mission Gone Bad The media are beginning their phased withdrawal from Iraq. They're hoping the lie of U.S. good intentions can be salvaged intact.
Thursday, August 2, 2007Mission Gone Bad The media are beginning their phased withdrawal from Iraq. They're hoping the lie of U.S. good intentions can be salvaged intact.
