11 Jun, 2017
National Illusions and Global Realities
“For as long as they have existed, nations have clung to the illusion that their military strength guarantees their security…”...
9 Jun, 2017
Jared’s Secrets
“On May 30 President Trump tweeted that Russia is “laughing at the U.S.” If so, it is because the ordinary...
9 Jun, 2017
The Declaration of Peace
“The Declaration of Peace. These are self-evident truths:” Kent Drummond Shifferd Published in: Transcend Media Service, World Beyond War, Kent...
8 Jun, 2017
A dying man’s gift of awareness
““Tell them, I want everybody to know, I want everybody on the train to know, I love them . ....
7 Jun, 2017
Using miners for political gain is nothing new, still repulsive
“Earlier this spring, I was asked a question about my late father, who had been a coal miner in the...
6 Jun, 2017
Will “nones” make America more liberal?
“The steady retreat of religion in America may shift politics to the left…” James A. Haught Published in: Sierra County...
4 Jun, 2017
Evil and the Paris Accords
“Much ink was spilled in the year leading up to the election of the president on the subject of incipient...
2 Jun, 2017
Anti-Science Trumps Climate Change
“True to form, President Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris accord on climate change, joining Syria and...
31 May, 2017
Strip and flip: Democracy in a cage
“The wound burst open in November. History, suddenly, could no longer be avoided. Reality could no longer be avoided…” Robert...
30 May, 2017
A Feminist Perspective on Trumpcare
“Although the American Health Care Act (AHCA) of 2017 is rife with problems, one of the most disturbing is its...
29 May, 2017
How Business “Partnerships” Flopped at America’s Largest University
“The State University of New York (SUNY)?the largest university in the United States, with nearly 600,000 students located in 64…”...
28 May, 2017
All Is Not Quiet on the Western Front
“Donald Trump’s visit to NATO headquarters last week was consistent with two of his foreign-policy views: the need to pursue...
24 May, 2017
What Do Trump and NATO Have in Common? Neither Make Us Safer
“It is enticing to speculate on what gaffes President Donald Trump might commit at the NATO Summit May 24-25, at...
24 May, 2017
A Call to Mobilize the Nation over the Next 18 Months
“While the media and the nation sit transfixed over the Trump scandals and attacks on democracy, those of us who...
24 May, 2017
Cancer with political clout
“A suicide bomber inflicts hell at a concert hall in Manchester, England that’s full of children, as though that was...