Our Twisted Politics of Grief
Our politicized grief over 9/11 continues to cost lives worldwide. Darwin observed that conscience is what most distinguishes humans from other animals. If so, grief isn’t far behind. Realms of anguish...
View ArticleStopping Endless War and “the Evil That We Deplore”
Rep. Barbara Lee Congress waited six years to repeal the Tonkin Gulf Resolution after it opened the bloody floodgates for the Vietnam War in August 1964. If that seems slow, consider the continuing...
View ArticleGun “Background Check” on Pentagon
Stringent “background checks” are central to many proposals for curbing gun violence. The following is a background check on the nation’s largest buyer of firearms: The applicant, U.S. Pentagon, seeks...
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