25 Aug, 2016
Alternatives to military intervention in Syria
“Alternatives to military intervention in Syria. In June the influential Center for New American Security (CNAS) issued a report that...
18 Aug, 2016
Beyond Winning and Losing
“It’s the smallest thing in the world. Does the tennis ball land inside the line or outside? But somehow, as...
17 Aug, 2016
How Trump Deals
“The revelation from a New York Times investigation that Donald Trump’s chief campaign adviser, Paul Manafort, was on the take...
6 Aug, 2016
Trump Wrong on Iran Deal
“Donald Trump keeps criticizing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the Iran Deal); he couldn’t be more wrong, it has...
31 Jul, 2016
We Can’t Bomb Our Way to Better Schools
“From the left and the right, policy proposals are flying fast and furious. It is an election year, after all....
28 Jul, 2016
Africa/America
“Recently I have had the great privilege to work with some of the 1,000 Mandela Washington Fellows, a select group...
17 Jul, 2016
The Superpowers Are Violent Powers
“If asked to identify the world’s superpowers today, most people would name the United States, Russia, and China. Although many...
8 Jul, 2016
Unintended consequences and the warfare state
““The danger is, as ever with these things, unintended consequences.” So wrote Prime Minister Tony Blair to President George W....
8 Jul, 2016
The Wars Have Come to U.S. Soil
“The tragic night of July 7, 2016 was the most visible manifestation of U.S. wars reaching our own soil. To...
7 Jul, 2016
Don’t Move
“Two major news stories here in the U.S., both chilling, point out how readily U.S. authorities will murder people based...
5 Jul, 2016
A new declaration of independence
“The US has entered the Orwellian Era of permanent war—until we decide that it’s over. Why, after nearly 15 years,...
23 Jun, 2016
Up Against the Wall
“Everything on our small planet affects everything else. This interdependence is more a harsh reality than a New Age bromide....
17 Jun, 2016
Mass Karma
“This won’t be the last. Just after the Orlando tragedy, this reality remains pretty much unacknowledged, as cause-seekers focus on...
17 Jun, 2016
Why go to Russia?
“Since 1983, Sharon Tennison has worked to develop ordinary citizens’ capacities to avert international crises, focusing on relations between the...
26 May, 2016
Hammering for Peace
“Last winter, at our Voices for Creative Nonviolence home/office in Chicago, we welcomed two friends who were in town for...