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Brutal Force
Instead of defunding, what about disarming the police and completely rethinking the nature of public safety?
The twisted irony here—the irony of the brutal murder of Tyre...
The Eagle and the Condor
Loving nature or profiting from it
It’s fascinating how “interests” interfere with survival. Humans prepare for—and, of course, wage—war with an overwhelming percentage of their...
The Alchemy of Forgiveness
Transcending the morality police
I have been haunted by a phrase: “morality police.”
The news has been global. A 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, was arrested as she was...
You Belong to U.S.: The U.S. military and American youth
Ah, the children!
They belong to us, sayeth the Department of Defense. At least some of them do.
It’s a little more complicated than it used...
The True Threat to America: With wars to wage, who can afford peace?
Texas and Arizona have begun busing refugees at their border—at a cost of millions—up to a couple liberal northern cities . . . let’s...
Civil War?: White supremacists want ‘their’ country back
Is an insurrection percolating in the MAGA universe? A civil war?
One thing I notice as I read the growing warnings that this is the...
The Cynics’ Monkey Wrench: Creating context in an era of chaos
If you depart from an “us vs. them” philosophy of life, your first confrontation is likely to be with the cynics.
Last week, for instance,...
