13 Oct, 2016
Nuclear Standoff
“Values the size of Planet Earth are at stake, as the American presidential election grows ever smaller, ever pettier, ever...
7 Oct, 2016
The Politics of Fear
“Well, OK, let’s think about these words of Jill Stein for a moment, as the 2016 presidential race enters, oh...
30 Sep, 2016
The Debate: They Both Bombed It
“There was more than one loser in the big debate, but that’s no surprise. I hardly expected any issues of...
22 Sep, 2016
Stop the Killing
“Maybe half a million dead, half a country — 10 million people — displaced from their homes, jettisoned onto the...
14 Sep, 2016
The Future Cries Out: ‘Water Is Life’
“The dogs growl, the pepper spray bites, the bulldozers tear up the soil. “Water is life!” they cry. “Water is...
8 Sep, 2016
War vs. Democracy
“The paradox of democracy is that it depends on the integrity of those who have the most to lose if...
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...