2 Apr, 2023
Profits of Doom: Military Contractors Rob Us Daily
Profits of Doom: Military Contractors Rob Us Daily by Tom H. Hastings 876 words It’s Budget Season in DC and...
2 Apr, 2023
25 Mar, 2023
Clash: Democracy vs Dictatorship
Clash: Democracy vs Dictatorship by Tom H. Hastings 588 words It was 1776. The US was a baby nation-state. It...
3 Mar, 2023
Hype, hypocrisy, and lying to the people
Hype, hypocrisy, and lying to the people by Tom H. Hastings 712 words Hypocrisy in high places Most folks are...
20 Feb, 2023
Revisiting the nonviolent Iranian Revolution 44 years later
Revisiting the nonviolent Iranian Revolution 44 years later by Haley Morrow with Tom H. Hastings 646 words February 11th marked...
10 Feb, 2023
SOTU shows us reality and surreality
SOTU shows us reality and surreality by Tom H. Hastings 1004 words Biden speaks to working Americans (mostly) Ok, like...
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, ...
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.
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.