17 Aug, 2017
Should I go that Neo-Nazi rally to fight back?
“When we hear that the Neo-Nazi movement is coming to our town, most of us naturally feel called—or pushed– to...
16 Aug, 2017
Why Does North Korea Hate Us?
““The bombing was long, leisurely and merciless . . .” And so we return to the Korean War, when North...
16 Aug, 2017
The fourth branch
“I am a lawyer. My pro bono clients are often those who offer nonviolent resistance to wrongs committed by our...
15 Aug, 2017
Peace Camp and War Games at Harvest Time
“BÜCHEL AIR BASE, Germany — The juxtaposition of nuclear weapons and ordinary farms is the same here as at home...
15 Aug, 2017
What Did Dr. King Mean by Love?
“As someone who regularly teaches about the political philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., I often spend time discussing with...
11 Aug, 2017
A Proposal to Move from Threats to Talks with North Korea
“What might it take to create a breakthrough to resumption of US-North Korea talks? The experiences of prior diplomacy suggest...
10 Aug, 2017
Weed
“Fifty years ago I was speculating with a college friend of mine about what we might do with our lives…”...
10 Aug, 2017
Playing Nuclear “Chicken” With Our Lives
“What kind of civilization have we developed when two mentally unstable national leaders, in an escalating confrontation with each other…”...
9 Aug, 2017
Trump’s Threats
“The problem with Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” statement on North Korea isn’t merely that it intensifies an already tense...
9 Aug, 2017
Terrorism for profit
“Donald Trump stands cluelessly at the edge of history, exemplifying everything wrong with the past, oh, 10,000 years or so…”...
6 Aug, 2017
Hope this Hiroshima Day
“Finally, 72 years after the US dropped the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and three days later on Nagasaki…” Robert...
5 Aug, 2017
Are we Egypt?
“When the world watched Egyptians bravely gather en masse in Tahrir Square in Cairo in January 2011 to Arab Spring...
2 Aug, 2017
Reaching Paris Without Stopping in Washington
“History may record that the planet’s climate crisis was avoided thanks to the efforts of three countries: China, Germany, and...
31 Jul, 2017
Dancing with fear
“I knew there was a war on against cancer and, oh yeah, drugs, illiteracy, poverty, crime and, of course, terror,...
28 Jul, 2017
Now
“We have been living with nuclear weapons for 72 years, so that must make them safe and sustainable, right?…” Tom...