I have a deep belief in participatory democracy, the value of ordinary people and finding a path to a sustainable future. I also understand the immediacy or the need for significant action to save democracy and our sustainable future on this planet. Author, writer, video blogger and retired educator and empowerment consultant. OpEd News Member for 674 week(s) and 5 day(s) 137 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 238 Comments, 0 Diaries, 2 Series, 0 Polls
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Friday, December 20, 2024
Christmas 2024 How to celebrate Christmas in the midst of the modern turmoil. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Thursday, December 19, 2024
What is Christmas Without Human Kindness? What is happening in Gaza in this Christmas season is inhuman and hardly understandable from the perspective of our American humanitarian heritage. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Thursday, December 19, 2024
Winter Solstice - 2024 It is time to stop and think about what the Winter Solstice represents and to take the time to call upon our own resilience. Series: Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views), Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views)
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Thaksgiving 2024 This Thanksgiving in relationship to our past history. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Monday, November 25, 2024
The Quiet Coup: Revisiting the JFK Assassination Tracing the return to power of the American economic elite, especially after the assassination of JFK, but culminating with the election of Donald Trump. Series: Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views), Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views)
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
New Realities, New Directions: American Political Dynamics Identifying our new political realities and suggesting a means of responding effectively. Series: Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views), Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views)
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Sunday, November 10, 2024
The Morning After the Election Dealing with what is likely to happen after the election and what is likely to happen under the new Trump administration. A new opportunity to become active, empowered citizens in our American democracy. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Saturday, October 26, 2024
Could Harris Deliver the October Surprise America Needs? How this election has been stuck due to ignoring the elephant in the room, Gaza, how to change everything by having the courage to break with the past and show real political courage. Series: Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views), Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views)
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Friday, October 18, 2024
Action or Inaction: The American Political Crossroads The risk of inaction or simple reaction when the integrity of the electoral process is at stake is too great to leave to chance. We need action on the highest level to protect the electoral process against manipulation. Series: Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views), Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views)
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Crunch Time: Election 2014 Crunch time is here and we will have to decide the future direction of this nation. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Me and Garrison Keillor Garrison Keillor and I are contemporaries in many ways from our Minnesota upbringing to our desire to be writers. However the final results are considerably different for the two of us. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
Uncle Ed: On Gaza A look at the situation in Gaza from the perspective of an ordinary American. Series: Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views), Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views)
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Sunday, September 1, 2024
The Democrats and Chicago Again: American Political Dynamics Will the Democrats find a way to navigate the choppy foreign affairs waters to be successful in the upcoming election. Series: Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views), Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views)
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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Labor Day 2024 The importance of labor in building and maintaining this society and spending one day year attending to their importance. Series: Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views), Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views)
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Monday, August 19, 2024
Revitalizing the Democratic Party: Revitalizing Democracy The withdrawal of President Biden in favor of a younger and more vitalized ticket has provided a spark and an opportunity to welcome positive change and growth for both the Democratic Party and the nation.. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Will Netanyahu's Provocations Draw Us into War in the Middle East? Outlining how Netanyahu might manipulate the US into a Middle East war before Biden leaves power. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Thursday, August 1, 2024
Passing the Torch: Saving Democracy Leaving the campaign for the presidency to Kamala Harris is a good move, especially since the president can now focus on using the new powers given to the presidency by the Supreme Court to insure the continuation of the traditions of democracy in this nation. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Friday, July 19, 2024
Serving the Nation-Saving Democracy: The Next 6 Months of the Biden Presidency How Biden can serve the nation by rising above politics to use the new Supreme Court ruling to protect democracy for the future. Series: Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views), Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views)
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Immunity, SCOTUS Says: Saving American Democracy This immunity ruling might look like a means to end democracy, but they forgot we have a sitting president for another half year who now has extra-legal powers which can be used to save democracy before it is too late. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views)
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Saving the 2024 Election: A Silver-Lining Solution A method to clearly and effectively take the momentum of the 2024 election back and prevent a Trump victory. Series: Democracy in America (123 Articles, 148334 views), Sustainable Sanity (90 Articles, 115528 views) |