6 Jan, 2023
They never tire of abusing Dr. King
From the Dept. of Horrible Chutzpah During the fight over the new House Speaker election, ...
6 Jan, 2023
30 Dec, 2022
Unity in the community, or, how I learned to get along with my enemies
For years I taught a graduate class, Identity Conflict, and I would begin the term by noting that trying to...
23 Dec, 2022
A New Year’s Revolution
Social movements in divided America? Looking at the most controversial social movements in the US over the past few years we might come to the conclusion that it's really...
16 Dec, 2022
Leaving a cheap crook behind
What could Biden be thinking, trading a mere basketball player for the "Merchant of Death" while leaving a Marine behind?
28 Nov, 2022
Viral violence
In my town, Portland, Oregon, we just lost yet another person to gun violence, this time as a result of an argument over a parking spot. Seriously.
21 Nov, 2022
Who we’ve lost
Staughton Lynd just crossed over, barely shy of his 93rd birthday. In the world of peace and justice, this marks the passing of a major champion.
15 Nov, 2022
A Post-Election Caution
What a difference a day makes, as the old song goes. The day before Election Day, liberals and progressives feared the worst: a solidly MAGA takeover of the House and Senate. Consider these expectations that proved unwarranted:
14 Nov, 2022
Let’s fix this
While there are many helpful phrases in the "street peace" trainings that we do as the Portland Peace Team, my favorite, which we offer when possible to someone in emotional distress over a soluble crisis, is, "Let's fix this."
30 Oct, 2022
Hammers are for building, not harming
Antifa comes swarming into the street, hurling full soda cans at cops and at windows, believing they alone have the right to "burn it down," ala Pol Pot, start over, Year Zero.
13 Oct, 2022
Putin’s on the ballot
Putin’s on the ballot by Tom H. Hastings 478 words Really, everything’s on the ballot. We hear that reproductive rights...
11 Oct, 2022
Dictatorship? Raise hands
Show of hands: Who wants the US to be a dictatorship? Ah, no one? Well, almost no one. We see your hand, Mr. Trump.
5 Oct, 2022
My zero-sum hummers
I adore "my" hummingbirds, arguably the best in-close flyers in the world, with reaction times so fast they zip in next to angry defensive bees to score a sip of sugar water despite the bees coming at them in a bee fury that would dissuade virtually any other critter, including me.
25 Sep, 2022
Taking aim at the Second Amendment
Taking aim at the Second Amendment by Tom H. Hastings 614 words It is long past time to repeal the...
25 Aug, 2022
Sanctions or bombs? Rubles or rubble?
When Hitler invaded Poland, 1 September 1939, the US...did nothing. But the UK and France declared war on Germany.
30 Jul, 2022
Language!
The 14-year-old girl fumes at the dinner table. She got a D in math on her report card and notice of that was sent directly to her mother's phone.