25 Jul, 2017
In Our America: Community Building 101
“As the night of Tuesday, November 8, began to go downhill, like many Americans, I felt stunned and sickened…” Ali...
25 Jul, 2017
23 Jul, 2017
Jared Kushner and National Security
“Jared Kushner’s latest revision of his financial picture reveals a very wealthy man, and couple, who continue to profit enormously...
22 Jul, 2017
Progress Report, Donald Trump: Failing
“Assessments are a key tool in most fields. In some industries they are provided through do-well/do-better meetings, in others through...
21 Jul, 2017
At Every Door
“On July 18, 2017, at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing focused on “The Four Famines: Root Causes and...
19 Jul, 2017
TrumPutin moving forward, democracy declines
“As a child of the Cold War (born during the Korean War, learned to talk during the McCarthy Era, turned...
17 Jul, 2017
What is our experience of our flawed democracy?
“Last year, the Economist Intelligence Unit dropped its score for the U.S. from 8.05 to 7.98 (Above 8 is a...
17 Jul, 2017
Being Too Much
“Some people are just too much, as the story goes. Or too “extra,” in the parlance of today’s youth…” Laura...
16 Jul, 2017
How Much is a Boss Worth?
“An awful lot of Americans are skeptical about the value of their nation’s corporate executives…” Lawrence S. Wittner Published in:...
11 Jul, 2017
Promoting the General Welfare
“July 4 reminds me of our nation’s founding ideal that all of us are created equal. How does this “self-evident”...
11 Jul, 2017
Smoking gun?
“With the revelation today (July 11) that Donald Trump, Jr. leaped at the opportunity to find some dirt on Hillary...
8 Jul, 2017
A Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty – Rx for Survival
“Nuclear weapons have threatened humanity for 72 years, ultimately becoming the greatest eminent threat to our survival…” Robert F. Dodge,...
7 Jul, 2017
This is the state of war in the United States in July 2017
“The US bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria is now the heaviest since the bombing of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos...
5 Jul, 2017
Skewing democracy white
“Every real problem this country — and this planet — face is replaced by a fantasy problem, which all the...
4 Jul, 2017
APB: The US-China-North Korea Tangle
“It’s not too early to sound alarm bells about the downward turn in US-China relations. Trump’s evident frustration with China...
1 Jul, 2017
A Political or Apolitical 4th of July?
“With a long holiday weekend lined up for the 4th of July most people are probably worried about having enough...