1 Sep, 2016
Reflections on the Anthropocene
“This is a little too big to simply call “news.” Indeed, I can’t move beyond these words — especially that...
25 Aug, 2016
The Heart of Order
“He’d left the water running, flooding neighbors’ apartments. He’d been running around outside naked. By the time police arrived, he...
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...
11 Aug, 2016
The Nuclear Breakfast Menu
“Donald Trump is a reckless fool. But the U.S. defense establishment is M.A.D. And herein lies one of the darker...
3 Aug, 2016
Reaching Beyond the Candidates
“What would it take to cause Hillary Clinton to distance herself from the newly launched bombing campaign in Libya? Or...
27 Jul, 2016
Slavery, War and Presidential Politics
“As I watched “unity” take hold of the Democratic Party this week, the believer in me wanted to be imbibe...
21 Jul, 2016
Volatile America
“In a flash I thought, oh God, the civil war has started. Then the headlines shifted and, for the moment,...
14 Jul, 2016
The God of War
“There’s Mars, the god of war, perched in a parking garage in Dallas, annihilating the enemy with utter impunity. Mars,...
30 Jun, 2016
The right to bear courage
“Behind the “right to bear arms” lies concealed the right to make money. You know, a lot of it. The...
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...
11 Jun, 2016
School Days and Grenade Launchers
“Come on, they aren’t tanks, they’re armored rescue vehicles. And the, uh, grenade launchers would only be used to launch...
1 Jun, 2016
Poverty, militarism and the public schools
“What’s the difference between education and obedience? If you see very little, you probably have no problem with the militarization...
20 May, 2016
Rethinking Criminal Justice
“In this time when our self-inflicted troubles seem so obvious but the possibility of change — that is to say,...
4 May, 2016
Cowardice and Exoneration in Kunduz
“The doctor who uttered these words still thought the hospital itself was a safe zone. He was with Doctors Without...
28 Apr, 2016
Opening the Closed Political Culture
“The headline, from the Los Angeles Times, hit me like a sucker punch: “Voters’ ‘Bernie or Bust’ efforts persist despite...