6 Aug, 2018
Hibakusha and Hope in the Nuclear Age
“This week marks 73 years since the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, ultimately...
3 Aug, 2018
While Rome (and Most Everywhere Else) Burns
“By now we’re accustomed to learning that every year brings record high temperatures around the world. Extreme weather, says Prof....
2 Aug, 2018
‘The Cummington Story
“The little red house in the hilltown of Cummington, Mass. (pop. 800) sits not far along Main Street from the...
1 Aug, 2018
Border security: wall vs. Principles
“Consider the limited thinking that produces a concept such as “border security.” The essential assumption here is that the United...
1 Aug, 2018
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Awful, But There’s a Better Alternative than the Establishment’s Version
“Since the advent of the Trump administration, large numbers of Americans have been aghast at its narrow nationalist approach to...
29 Jul, 2018
Let’s Tax the Rich
“Whatever happened to the notion that rich people should pay their fair share of the cost for their country’s public...
25 Jul, 2018
A world designed by playground bullies
“As the week’s news slaps against my consciousness like road slush, some fragments sting more than others. For instance:…” Robert...
22 Jul, 2018
The Mind Reels
“Equally enigmatic is how Mr. Trump went about representing the national interest of the United States at Helsinki. Until Mr....
21 Jul, 2018
My conversion on the road to “damascus”
“I read a Good Book and now I believe In God.Though my grandmother wanted me to be a preacher, I...
19 Jul, 2018
Some Dare Call It Treason
“Is Donald Trump not merely gullible, uninformed, and indifferent but actually treasonous when it comes to Russia?…” Mel Gurtov Published...
18 Jul, 2018
Mixing guns and racism
“In Illinois, as in all the rest of the states, it’s legal to carry a concealed handgun, unless you’re at...
17 Jul, 2018
Chaos or Community in Immigration Policy
“If you scan the Internet for immigration-related news stories following the Trump administration’s May 7 announcement of its “zero tolerance”...
16 Jul, 2018
Human Rights Trumped
“Who cares about human rights? Not Trump, not his team. Here’s some of what we see…” Mel Gurtov Published in:...
13 Jul, 2018
Can We Learn from Heinrich Himmler’s Daughter? Should We?
“Heinrich Himmler’s daughter, Gudrun Bruz, died May 24, 2018. That’s right, Adolf Hitler’s right-hand man and architect of the concentration...
13 Jul, 2018
The Best Deals are the Deals that Develop Peace
“As an educator of politics and conflict resolution I’ve spent decades examining deals as they relate to conflict and peace…”...