Category: Moving Forward

Defending democracy where it was born

Right here. In the United States. Ok, democracy is not a perfect system, but it’s acknowledged to be the best system we have so far, and most of us want to keep it.  Those who don’t are not choosing the side of humanity in this struggle for a future with hope, so they aren’t the… Continue reading Defending democracy where it was born

Peace events from Joseph Gerson

Well-known peace researcher and activist Joseph Gerson presents two events to keep peace work alive in hard times. Check these out please! October 4, Humor for Humanity Register to Attend October 6, Defending Democracy Purchase Tickets (More information about these events below) Joseph Gerson says: Friends,  These are anxious times, but hope is alive and… Continue reading Peace events from Joseph Gerson

What was the moment it all turned? And is it a dead end?

Thanksgiving dinner was very strange last year.  For some reason my family couldn’t gather, and there was this tiny cluster of us having a meal together while the rest of the tribe ended up celebrating somewhere else.  In retrospect it had an ominous feel to it. But it wasn’t the only strange thing happening in… Continue reading What was the moment it all turned? And is it a dead end?

The Great Shame

75 Years After the Big Bomb Yesterday seventy-five years ago the world changed for the worse when we – us the “good guys” — dropped an atom bomb on 340,000 people in Hiroshima.  Within the next couple of months 140,000 of them died.  70,000 immediately in the blast, the rest in agony from injuries and… Continue reading The Great Shame

Who gets to design your “new normal?”

This is the monster question coming out of the pandemic. Everyone acknowledges that things won’t, and shouldn’t, go back to the old normal. How many are waiting with baited breath to see what the new normal will be? And how many are helping to form it? Those who are ready to take action to make… Continue reading Who gets to design your “new normal?”