Category Archives: Current Events
MLK Day
When Malcom X returned from his pilgrimage to Mecca, he said basically, “You know what? I have met some new people, had some new experiences, and I have changed my mind.” That’s a very brave and rare thing for anyone, and unheard of for a public figure. Can you name another off the top of …
Fascism 101
Manufacturing a crisis in order to invoke emergency powers is something we’ve seen before. It didn’t end well.
In Defiance of All That Is Bad
“Even when we don’t ‘win,’ there is fun and fulfillment that we have been involved, with other good people, in something worthwhile. We need hope. An optimist isn’t necessarily a blithe, slightly sappy whistler in the dark of our time. To be hopeful in bad times is not being foolishly romantic. It is based on …
The Outward Sign Of Inward Grace
In this excerpt from Americans: A Book of Lives, ©1946, Hermann Hagedorn describes the business environment of Theodore Roosevelt’s America: To these men the rapid development of the country seemed a definite good in itself and became, indeed, a kind of religion, not superseding so much as fulfilling the Christian principles on which most of …
Disconnected
“We seem to have lost the sense that we can freely and happily extend ourselves for others. In modeling our social institutions on business principles, we have become very disconnected from our own noble heart.” ~Ogyen Trinley Dorje (source)
“Day of mourning”
CommonDreams.org documents George H. Bush’s legacy of violence, racism, and corruption, HERE. I don’t know why the media is intent on whitewashing his record. He had a lot of blood on his hands.
AidAccess.org
If you live in an area where abortion is not readily available, bookmark this link: AidAccess.org
Truth and Consequences
Here are a few facts about George H. Bush you won’t hear at his eulogy: He slashed funding for AIDS research and education, insisting AIDS was “the consequence of a lifestyle choice.” In other words, if you die of AIDS it’s your own damn fault– and no less than what a pervert like you deserves. …
Something
“It should tell us something about her home country that a mother is willing to travel 2,000 miles with her 4-month-old son to come here. How we respond when she arrives tells us something about ours.” ~Beto O’Rourke
Focus
“If you want to understand any problem in America, you need to focus on who profits from that problem, not who suffers from the problem.” ~Dr. Amos Wilson
