October 21, 2020
Critical Patriotism
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
Militarism
“With the horrific police lynching of George Floyd, militarism has been freshly perceived as a universal affliction, a planetary tragedy…” Winslow Myers Published in: Anchorage Press, Black Star News, The Day, Sierra County Prospect, LA Progressive, The Peace Worker Date: June 29,30,July 1,2,5,6,2020 845 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
White Supremacy and World Supremacy
“Recently the Equity Leadership Steering Committee associated with an almost entirely white school district in Maine came out with a strong letter asking citizens to acknowledge not just the anodyne…” Winslow Myers Published in: Anchorage Press, Richmond County Daily Journal, Global Diaspora News, Date: June 12,2020 746 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
The End of “Othering”: Another Kind of Global Climate Change
“There is another kind of climate change, a mental one, we are undergoing, catalyzed by the combination of the pandemic and the police lynching of George Floyd. Mr. Trump’s non-leadership is a classic example of the mental climate that is dying…” Winslow Myers Published in: Anchorage Press, Progressive Party, Gilmer Free Press, Progressive Party, Salem […]
“Where’s my Roy Cohn?”
“At one point when he felt under siege by possible indictments and impeachable offenses, the president whined petulantly, “Where’s my Roy Cohn?”…” Winslow Myers Published in: Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, Sentinel News, Bainbridge Island Review, City Watch LA Date: February 1,4,5,6,2020 414 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Turning Point: The new documentary “Coup 53”
“A historical turning point is a moment, perhaps small, perhaps larger, that becomes uniquely causative of events that follow. Obvious examples might include the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand that set off World War One, the U.S. Supreme Court handing the election to George W. Bush instead of Al Gore, or 9-11…” Winslow Myers Published […]
How Long O Lord?
“Some years ago my daughter and I had the privilege of visiting the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania. Not far from the millions of wildebeests and zebras migrating across the Serengeti Plain…” Winslow Myers Published in: Pagosa Daily Post , L.A. Progressive Date: January 4,6,2020 962 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Cowards
“The president was quick to label the latest mass shooters cowards. This seems like an oddly careless,…” Author: Winslow Myers Published in: Davis Enterprise, Bainbridge Island Review, Winston-Salem Chronicle, Los Angeles CityWatch, Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, Broward County Florida Westside Gazette, North Ogden Utah Sentinel News Date: 2019, August 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 […]
We need to talk
“Big media today is all about monetizing the non-conversation of outrage and division…” Author: Winslow Myers Published in: Sierra County California Prospect, North Ogden Utah Sentinel News, Counterpunch, Bainbridge Island Review, Winston-Salem North Carolina Chronicle, Black News Portal, New Age Opinion Date: 2019, August 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 776 words For the full article: […]
Rotary International as a model for statecraft
“The established paradigm of nation-states formulating their policies on the basis of a limited vision of self-interest is dissolving on every level…” Author: Winslow Myers Published in: Date: 1026 words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
The Mind Reels
“Equally enigmatic is how Mr. Trump went about representing the national interest of the United States at Helsinki. Until Mr. Mueller is ready to provide possible clarification, the fog around the president’s motivation persists: narcissistic ineptitude almost surely; perhaps also kompromat, collusion, and/or fear of money laundering becoming exposed…” Winslow Myers Published in: Bainbridge Island […]
President Trump’s Useful Idiocy
“Though the president still has many supporters, there is a growing consensus, especially as the Trump-initiated trade war heats up…” Winslow Myers Published in: Counterpunch, Sentinel News, The Sunburg News, Winslow Myers Opeds, Bainbridge Island Review, Brewminate, Baltimore Times, Sierra County Prospect, The Times Herald Date: July 10,12,13,2018 870 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Real Security
“So, the summit with North Korea is off, and now pundits will have at it on such themes as overreach, hidden agendas, John Bolton’s ill will, and misinterpretation of the meaning of “denuclearization.”…” Winslow Myers Published in: Counterpunch, Gilmer Free Press, The New Port Miner, Sierra County Prospect, The Sunburg News Date: May 25,30,June 8,9,2018 […]
Duck and Cover
“Once those articulate Florida high school students, God love them, are finished exposing the craven emptiness of politicians like Marco Rubio…” Winslow Myers Published in: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Winslow Myers Opeds, Counterpunch Date: February 22,2018 872 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Brainwashed
“Everyone should watch Nick Kristof and his team’s riveting 26-minute documentary, on the New York Times website…” Winslow Myers Published in: Sierra County Prospect, Winslow Myers Opeds Date: November 29,December 13,2017 1072 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE