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Peace Day Travesties
Last night my son reminded me that it was Peace Day yesterday, and my heart sank even lower. How could it be that on the day dedicated to world peace, the U.S. allowed an improperly tried man to be...
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Carbon Colonialism: Just Say No!
Do ordinary people need to commit suicide to gain the attention of the global elites? You may remember, back in 2003, a Korean farmer named Lee Kyung Hae committed suicide outside the grounds of the...
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A new generation rises, and with them, our hopes
Today I gave the keynote address at the regional Model UN student conference sponsored by Bard College at Simon’s Rock. On the one hand, it was heart-warming to look out and see that crowded lecture...
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Staring down the crystal ball
I really want to believe it’s all a hoax. Why else would not one mainstream media outlet be reporting on the massive danger posed by the unused fuel rods in Fukushima Reactor 4? Today I learned...
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Rio+20: Fiddling While Earth Burns
I am having trouble summoning any enthusiasm over the upcoming Rio+20 UN Conference, which will begin on June 20. When you go to the conference website, everything sounds so benign, forward-looking and...
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The Civilization We Grew Up In Is Already Dead. So now what?
“If we want to learn how to live in the Anthropocene, we must first learn how to die.” This is the last line in a fine essay by Roy Scranton, former U.S. soldier and currently a doctoral candidate in...
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Stepping Out With Confidence on International Women’s Day 2015
This International Women’s Day, let’s reaffirm the basic principle that all human beings are created equal and deserve equal human rights, no matter what they look like and no matter where they...
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