16 Dec, 2020
One world: the wisdom of wholeness
The words are those of Mark Haywood, in an email to me last week about my column...
16 Dec, 2020
19 Dec, 2019
Militarism: The delusion lives
“The annual defense budget, passed recently by both the House (377-48) and Senate (82-8), came in at $738 billion for...
10 Jan, 2019
A green future is one without war
“Donald Trump and his base — the leftover scraps of Jim Crow, the broken shards of racist hatred that once...
28 Dec, 2018
The United States is First in War, But Trailing in Crucial Aspects of Modern Civilization
“Maybe those delirious crowds chanting “USA, USA” have got something. When it comes to military power, the United States reigns...
21 Aug, 2018
Another Week Under Trumpocracy
“Some takeaways from another week under He Who Would Be Emperor: “All politics is local.” Speaking to local issues rather...
12 Mar, 2018
Trump’s Attacks Earth, Resistance and Innovation
“In 1992, 1700 scientists from around the world signed a “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity…” Mel Gurtov Published in: Counterpunch,...
25 Jan, 2018
With protectors like these…
“Another such victory and I will be undone. –Greek king and general Pyrrhus after a string of “victories” over the...
4 May, 2017
Drumming for Planet Earth
“At the climate rally in Chicago last week, people started drumming in the rain…” Robert C. Koehler Published in: Common...
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...
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...
5 Aug, 2016
Our Deteriorating Environment: Is Anybody Listening?
“While the scientists have been doing their job in calling attention to the multiple ways in which environmental decline threatens...
30 Jul, 2016
Who Will Speak for the Voiceless?
“The forest sways in ripples of green. Wind sends the dappled sunlight sparkling through the branches. These are the things...
28 Jul, 2016
Real Cooperation with Nations Is the Best Survival Tactic
“Unexamined assumptions are the real dictators in culture and society. Too many people in the U.S. believe that human beings...
9 Mar, 2016
How many global crises can a 15-year-old Afghan take on, including the water crisis?
“On Jan. 31 I followed Zekerullah, an Afghan Peace Volunteer who coordinates the Borderfree Street Kids School in Kabul, to...
8 Mar, 2016
DOD WOE: Pentagon’s war on the Earth
“We are waging war. We are the Nation of War. We destroy. We kill. Everyone fears us. Fewer and fewer...