10 Sep, 2022
Stick to your guns? No, stick to your songs
Music is not just the language of the gods but quite possibly the language of peace, healing, and reconciliation.
10 Sep, 2022
19 Aug, 2022
Elections and the threat of uncritical political discourse
Tuesday's primary elections are a routine occasion of frustration for many Americans. August 16th, 2022 continued this trend.
21 Jun, 2022
Dear mainstream media: Please retire the word “conservative”
Leave politics aside for a moment, if you can. What does the word “conservative” mean to you, outside of that cursed arena?
9 Jun, 2022
Amid the carnage in Ukraine, it’s time for world leaders to rethink their priorities
According to a study by a number of organizations called Ceres 2020, which was backed by the government of Germany, world hunger could mostly be ended by 2030 for $330 billion...
30 May, 2022
The war in Ukraine: A national debate is needed
Of late (generational dark humor alert), I have begun to feel as though Professor Peabody and his trusty human Sherman have stuffed me into their WayBack Machine and sent me back to 2003...
15 May, 2022
Using early warning data to create communities of peace
Hate crimes and violence are rising across the U.S. and can no longer be ignored. Daily we are inundated with news feeds full of everything from angry outbursts to vicious criminalities. Many of our cities are facing significant income inequalities, institutionalized racism, and deep distrust of policing bodies. This is manifesting, in part, in the spike in violence.
29 Apr, 2022
No more Earth Days!
We don’t need, indeed can’t tolerate, any more Earth Days during which we salve our consciences and then go back to a world that is grossly and unsustainably over-populated...
7 Apr, 2022
Big Oil’s war bonanza
In case you haven’t noticed, a major consequence of the Ukraine war is the bonanza it has provided for the oil and gas industry.
14 Mar, 2022
The U.S. Campaign for Democratic World Federation
The U.S. Campaign for Democratic World Federation by Bob Flax 705 words The current crisis in Eastern Europe underscores the...
9 Mar, 2022
The imperialist roots of Putin’s policy
A key factor that explains Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine is traditional Russian imperialism.
8 Mar, 2022
Stumbling into the ‘sacrifice trap’
Our headlines: “Defiant Zelensky reveals his location in Kyiv… asks for no-fly zone”, “Russia threatens Europe’s gas supplies,” "Biden threatens to cut off Russian oil.”
25 Feb, 2022
Truckers, tractors, and Ukraine: What do they tell us about democracy?
Amidst pictures of the new war in Ukraine, the U.S. is anticipating photos of truck convoys arriving in the Washington D.C. area, protesting many issues including vaccine mandates.
24 Feb, 2022
Putin’s War
Shortly after Joe Biden took office, a distinguished political science professor (whom I won’t name) advised the new administration to engage with Russia in order to stop the Chinese threat. He said the US should “prevent China from dominating Asia” by bringing Russia into a “balancing coalition against China.”
14 Feb, 2022
Time for a Neutral and Demilitarized Eastern Europe
Europe has been a flash point for war among both great and small powers for centuries. Conflicts beginning there have been known to spill over outside Europe, sometimes encompassing nearly the entire planet. These wars have unleashed untold human suffering and death, destroyed entire societies and produced campaigns of mass killings and genocide...
5 Feb, 2022
Religious Support for Democratic World Federation
In a world long characterized by war and preparations for it, religious groups have taught a variety of responses, ranging from nonparticipation to defining a just war and how it could be fought morally.