21 Dec, 2016
The Scandal of Vast Inequality in Retirement Pay
“Cato the Elder, a Roman senator and historian, once remarked: “Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.””...
21 Dec, 2016
Pledging Allegiance
“I pledge allegiance to . . . what? The Electoral College, to no one’s serious surprise, voted Donald Trump in...
20 Dec, 2016
Steer Your Way
“Since the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, I’ve given daily thought to the more alarming...
20 Dec, 2016
In Sentencing Radical Pacifists, Judge Miles Lord Assailed “Worship of the Bomb”
“Federal District Judge Miles Lord, who died Dec. 10 at age 97, could have given me 10 years once. Instead,...
15 Dec, 2016
TrumPutin: jobs, security, and buyer’s remorse
“Donald Trump is bringing jobs back! Well, OK, he is saving jobs!” Tom H. Hastings Published in: RICentral, Nation of...
15 Dec, 2016
People Power in Seoul
“Over the last several weekends, roughly four million Koreans have taken part in demonstrations in Seoul and other cities with...
14 Dec, 2016
A Party of Transcendence
“As we think about the election — what went wrong, what’s been unleashed and what we should do about it...
13 Dec, 2016
The Future of the U.S. and the World is in the Hands of the Electors
“On Monday, December 19, 2016, the United States “democratic republic” system moves into its final stage of electing the next...
12 Dec, 2016
Pope Francis Calls Us to Practice Nonviolence
“Pope Francis now released the annual World Day of Peace Message for January 1, 2017, called “Nonviolence—A Style of Politics...
11 Dec, 2016
Scapegoating by the Political Right: A Mask for Privilege
“Recently, many commentators have expressed surprise at the romance between the incoming Trump administration and the hate-filled ranks of racial,...
10 Dec, 2016
Human Rights Day, A Call to Care?
“December 10th marks the U.N. Human Rights Day, celebrating and upholding the indispensable and crucial declaration of universal human rights…”...
9 Dec, 2016
One Black Woman’s View
“What is the root of racism, the cause of conflict, the answer to anger? As we transition from our nation’s...
9 Dec, 2016
In the meadow we can build a straw man
“Yes, it’s that time again, there’s a chill in the air and snow on the ground and a we’ll soon...
8 Dec, 2016
An Open Letter to the Harry Potter generation: Now is the time for young Gryffindors to resist Trumpdemort!
“When my son and I were reading the Harry Potter books together, in 2009-10, I had told him that the...
4 Dec, 2016
Nuclear Weapons Modernization: a New Nuclear Arms Race? Who Voted for it? Who Will Benefit from It?
“When General John Hyten recently assumed his post as the new head of U.S. Strategic Command, he and observers listed...