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David William Pear
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David is a columnist writing on foreign affairs, economic, and political and social issues. He is an honorary Associate Editor of The Greanville Post, and a former Senior Editor of OpEdNews.com. His articles have been published by OpEdNews, The Real News Network, Truth Out, Consortium News, Global Research, The American Herald Tribune, and many other publications.
He is active in social issues relating to peace, race relations and religious freedom, homelessness and equal justice. David is a member of Veterans for Peace, Saint Pete for Peace, CodePink, and International Solidarity Movement.
In 2019 David spent 2 months in Russia on one of his frequent people-to-people peace missions. In 2017 David spent 3 weeks in South Korea researching the Korean War of 1950 to 1953. In 2016 David spent 10 weeks in Palestine with the Palestinian lead non-violent resistance group International Solidarity Movement, and returned again in 2018. In February of 2015 he was part of a people-to-people delegation to Cuba with CodePink. In November of 2015 he was a delegate with CodePink to Palestine to show solidarity with Palestinians.
David has a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Maryland and attended classes at George Washington University for a certification as a financial planner (CFP). He is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania program as a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA).
David is a Special Forces combat veteran of the illegal U.S. war of aggression against the people of Vietnam. In 1999 he returned to Vietnam for 3 weeks on a mission of reconciliation and peace.
In 2009 David retired from Morgan Stanley after 35 years as a Senior Vice President, CIMA and CFP.
David resides in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. His hobbies include boating, RV'ing and motorcycle touring. He is also a licensed skydiver (USPA-inactive), with over 300 free-fall parachute jumps.
[His articles are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License.]
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95 Articles, 543 Quick Links, 5986 Comments, 0 Diaries, 1 Series, 0 Polls
9 Endorsements
from your comment on Ellen Brown's article, I see you have a good perspective on time!
From: Steve Hudson
I like your civil and even handed discussion of Putin. I also like your comment on the difficulty of understanding a people without speaking their language. I have experienced that difficulty in Nicaragua, Ukraine and China (My wife is Chinese).
Neal Herrick
From: Neal Herrick
Great work. The world needs to hear this, and I'm gonna tell them.
From: Will Sync
Thank you for the article on solar energy. I think it needs to become the primary source of energy for home, business, and transportation asap.
From: Clarence Bischoff
Checking my fan selection, I just now noticed I hadn't fanned you. What is wrong with me?
You are one of my favorites, and one of the best on the board.
Keep up the great work!
From: Kenneth Johnson
David, your joining the OEN community has been a breath of fresh air. I could say it is your eloquence, your grasp of world affairs and your forthright views that prompt me to become a fan. It's all of these but the decider for me is your obvious sincerity.
From: K V Ramani
Hi David,
I thought I'd fanned you ages ago!
Shawn
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Your words mean a great deal to me.
I write at the Ravitch blog, and have a large following there, but it is preaching to the choir. (YOU should get her feed! Nowhere is there anything like it. He connections are vast, and she is literally chronicling the destruction of America's Public Education,
As for me, I had hope writing at OPED, would read more people, and although I have many views, I do not see the conversations about education that would occur, if the publisher did not see 'schools' as the issue, when the reality is that THIS , not the NSA, not Snowden is the STORY OF THE DAY.. as behind the scenes the EIC (educational industrial complex) is replacing local public schools with charters.
This is because the GOP has defunded our government with austerity, and although police and fire service is noticeable, NO ONE sees that the disappearance of the INSTITUTION of education is a CONSPIRACY to end th middle class, and create a citizenry so dumbed down, that Donald seems lie a viable alternative. OY!
Anything YOU can do to expand my readership, will useful.
This week, I was offered a chance to run for the board of directors o WBAI< the Pacifica radio station in NYC>
I am 75, and live upstate and cannot travel to Brooklyn, so I declined. The election is Thursday, and I found through my contact with Anthony Cody, one teacher who will be nominated in time... hope she wins... we educators need to tell the people WITTT WHAT IT TAKES TO TEACH, because we know exactly what it takes to enable a human brain to LEARN COMPLEX SKILLS.
THANKs AGAIN.
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From: Susan Lee Schwartz
Great diaries re Palestine. This information is so needed to be told.
From: Milo Matthews
