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Ernest Hemingway, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(28 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Isn't It Pretty to Think So Reality is slapping us in the face trying to get our attention. Isn't it time to face climate change and get on with the job of preserving the human species on this globe?
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Overworked At Work, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 14, 2024
The History of Busy-ness What happens when you try to control creativity is probably that you will kill it.
Race against time, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, December 23, 2023
The Human Race The human race is in a race against time. Losing is not an opeion if we are to survive as a viable species. It is now a sprint.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
2012 ~ transformation of consciousness, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(18 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 18, 2022
What's Next on the Journey Back to Sustainable Sanity? Next steps are to build momentum and energy on the journey back to sustainable sanity. Let is all grow
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Takeover, From GoogleImages
(17 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 21, 2016
The Hostile Takeover of America The election of Donald Trump can be seen as a typical hostile takeover of a vulnerable organization or corporation.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Journey - First Step, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 2, 2022
The Journey Back to Sustainable Sanity This is an outline of the insanity of the modern world and a very workable, step by step method of taking us back to a sustainable sanity, redeeming humankind and saving the planet.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Bullets, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 22, 2019
Three Bullets: Political Assassination in America The assassination of JFK set in motion an entire series of events that has nearly destroyed American democracy.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
full body armor, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 8, 2023
Protect Yourself A carefully thought-out solution to accepting Second Amendment rights in America
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Democratic Donkey - Caricature, From FlickrPhotos
(28 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 4, 2019
The Democratic Party at a Crossroads The Democratic Party is being dragged, kicking and screaming into the 21st Century
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Solstice Dawn, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 8, 2022
The Coming of the Light Now is the time to begin to exchange darkness for light and with it the hope for renewal of our commitment to human life.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Human being asking Universe..., From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Choosing Humanity Only your personal choices reflect humanity. Giving up that responsibility to others or allowing it to be done solely by computers or artificial intelligence is abdicating our most basic humanity and will lead to a spiritual emptiness and a devolution of what humanity means.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
.Our Pledge to America's Workers., From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 23, 2020
Working America This nation's disregard for its workers has spelled the downfall of democracy and the Democratic Party. Recovery is just a matter of realizing their central role in making things function well.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Forlorn, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 17, 2023
American Dis-ease This article identifies the spiritual emptiness of current American society, the consequences of that emptiness and a way out of that morass.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Democracy!, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Self-Determination and Democracy Self-determination is at the heart of what makes democracy work. It is nearly impossible to have much of a semblance of democracy without it.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
war taxes, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 30, 2023
In Our Name and On Our Dime This has become a blatant abuse of leadership and tax money.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Brass Sundial Compass 3, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 3, 2022
The Dynamics of Change: Continuing the Journey Back to Sustainable Sanity A different perspective on change to respond positively to the dynamics of change in our life and on our planet. This is change without confrontation or competition.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Donald Trump, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 4, 2023
Why They Love Donald Trump This is about the spell that Trump seems to cause and how we can break that spell.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
VOTE!!!, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 13, 2019
Political Choices-Election 2020 Our political choices in the 2020 election will determine the fate of our nation and perhaps the fate of the planet.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Greta Thunberg p Mynttorget, Stockhom, From FlickrPhotos
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Children are Messengers The focus of our attention must be on a sustainable future for our children and future generations. Will we step up to do the right thing and make the necessary sacrifices?
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
in wonder, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 20, 2019
Coming of the Light-Hope for Humankind Recognizing the symbolism of solstice and Christmas as encouragement for human action to save humanity and the planet
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Climbing Rose, From PixabayPhotos
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 27, 2020
We Need Each Other Quite Desperately--- This pandemic is also an opportunity to bring us back to some of our most humane instincts and will lead to great transformations if we choose to work together for the salvation of the human race.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
AK-47, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(26 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 6, 2023
Craziness Looking at the disastrous results of the recent interpretations of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, it is time for some kind of sanity to prevail.
How to solve conundrums, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 14, 2024
An American Conundrum 2024 A look at the political dynamics of the upcoming presidential election and especially the consequences of the Biden administration's position on Gaza.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Jews Protest in Solidarity with Palestine #1, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Demonizing the Opposition How words are often used to belittle and dismiss the opposition.
Looking up at trees, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 28, 2019
Thanksgiving Time to remember, and be thankful for our connections to all the forces of the universe and nature that are beyond our understanding and control
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
To Stand Up For Gaza You Only Have to be Human, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 3, 2023
Life is Sacred! The inhumanity of the attacks on Gaza and how we can retain our humanity as individuals.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Movember 2013 Day 22 - Friday, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 24, 2022
Preventing Change A look at an entrenched system that prevents change. An explanation of why change is necessary for survival. An explanation of how to create change from the bottom up in a democracy.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Little Red Schoolhouse Door, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, May 27, 2023
Recommitting to American Public Education An outline of what American public education has been to this nation and to democracy and of the recent challenges to that system with some suggested solutions.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Happy Winter Solstice day, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 24, 2023
Winter Solstice 2023 We must find our way out of the recent darkness of the human spirit if we hope to survive as anything human.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly. The rich have always objected to being governed at all., From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 17, 2022
The Richest Country in the World Our rich nation means very different things to different citizen groups in this country. This inequality is destroying our democracy. It is time for major change.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Donald Trump, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 4, 2019
Impeachment: Playing Their Game The impeachment process keeps us distracted from the urgent business of protecting our democracy and plays into the hands of the ruling oligarchy.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Choices, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 31, 2023
What We Resists, Persists Our obsession with Trump has wasted a lot of time and energy and only enlarged his support.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Jenga, From PixabayPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, July 10, 2022
U.S. Loss of Balance: The Tipping Point Recent events, especially the recent Supreme Court decisions, have brought this nation to a watershed moment in which all the imbalances are apparent. It is time to make a major shift from an oligarchy back to a balanced system to democracy to regain our sense of direction and human possibility.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
coronavirus, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 18, 2020
The Coronavirus and a Shift in Priorities The Coronavirus is taking us back to our most humane democratic heritage.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
can't be rescued?, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 9, 2019
Dealing with Climate Change Dealing with climate change will require a cooperative community response.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Robert Smith or Dylan Thomas?, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 30, 2023
Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night This article is a prescription for a way out of our present dilemma by becoming our own heroes with courage to take on an out-of-date system which is destroying us and our planet.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Gettysburg Military Park commemorates a battle that was the turning point of the American Civil War (5), From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 21, 2023
A House Divided This nation is in the midst of being divided against itself. If the sides remain rigid, how will we ever find workable solutions?
Election, From FlickrPhotos
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 16, 2022
What the Election Revealed Now that disaster has been avoided, we must turn our attention to the serious matters that face us using the tools that only democracy can afford us. How do we strengthen democracy and find workable solutions?
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
The George Floyd mural outside Cup Foods at Chicago Ave and E 38th St in Minneapolis, Minnesota, From FlickrPhotos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 12, 2020
Catalyst The death of George Floyd may be the necessary catalyst to bring the human spirit forward and create the necessary social changes to provide a humane and sustainable democracy and a viable world.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Money!, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 6, 2022
Oh, What a Perfect War! The war in Ukraine is a perfect war for the corporations who are supplying the materials and services, while we in America can watch the spectacle as spectators with no real skin in the game. All of this in the hopes of weakening Russia so we can dominate the world. It is a great distraction from the real issues of the world while income inequality only grows.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
.The Justice. - San Francesco di Paola Church in Naples (1817-1836), From FlickrPhotos
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 10, 2021
The Soul of America on Trial This is a clear opportunity to confront and correct this nation's history of racism and racial injustice. What will the verdict be?
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
We are all being exploited but we can fight back, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 8, 2022
Useful Idiots Being treated as someone to be used and abused for someone else's benefit is demeaning and disrespectful, especially when it comes from a leader we trust.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
''Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.'' - Stephen Hawking, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Did We Learn Anything from the Pandemic? Now that restrictions are being lifted and the virus is still out there, how will the American society react? Will it be mindless celebrations and a return to pre-pandemic realities or will it choose to confront the problems of the future with the lessons learned from the pandemic?
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
You lie in all my many Thoughts, like the fiar light of Dawn....., From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 18, 2022
In Reflection Going inside has many benefits, especially in these times of turmoil and change.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Biden11, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 19, 2020
First Things First Although the election is crucial, it is not enough by itself. There is a need for continuing grassroots action before, during and after the election to make the necessary corrections to this nation.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Re-visiting 9-11 - a short walk in New York City - 2001, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 13, 2023
9/11/2001- Twenty-Two Years Later A look at what has changed in America because of that event.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Leap-of-Faith, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 7, 2022
A Leap of Faith: Reviving Democracy A leap of faith is required to make the changes necessary to save us from a dystopian future and return us to a sustainable lifestyle and a true democracy.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Secrecy and Cyber Vulnerability How Stuxnet has made us less secure and how secrecy is keeping us from any real solutions.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Police, From PixabayPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 16, 2022
The Police-To Protect and Serve: The Oath Keepers An outline of the responsibilities and authority of policing in a democracy as well as some of the guidelines and limitations. Also a discussion of many of the current issues in modern policing.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Writing journal, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 4, 2022
From Words to Actions: Beginning the Journey Back to Sustainable Sanity--The Journal Ideas about how and why to use a journal to record the necessary journey back to sanity in this world of madness.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Lincoln Memorial - interior - statue closeup - 2011, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 13, 2023
April is the Cruelest Month Three April deaths, those or Lincoln, FDR and Martin Luther King, Jr., have changed the course of American democracy.
Spring Is just Around The Corner, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 4, 2024
Spring, Rebirth, Fresh Start We can let go of old systems and mistakes and use spring as an opportunity to find new and better solutions to our human problems on this planet.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
All Empires Crumble, From FlickrPhotos
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 15, 2018
Something's Coming A new democratic vision is emerging and will not be stopped by the old and dying system. It is a time to re-empower the ordinary citizens to understand that they do not need the old system leaders to give them permission.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
The Power of Choice, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 26, 2022
The Revolution Begins A description of the grassroots revolution that is taking place. It will change the economics, the politics and the power structure of the nation and bring us back to a more democratic and sustainable footing.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Ballot Box, From PixabayPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 4, 2022
This Election--From Spectators to Participants The ruling elite think they know how we will act in this election. This article shows how to switch our roles from mere spectators to true participants in democracy to provide an election shock.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
September 17 2001., From WikimediaPhotos
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 22, 2021
9/11: The Learning Curve After 20 years of our devastating choices about how to respond to the events of 9/11, perhaps we are finally ready to choose democracy and the sacredness of human life to extricate ourselves from the mess our earlier responses have created. Global warming and the pandemic should speed up our learning curve. .
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Trump & Biden, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, August 19, 2023
An American Mess This is an explanation of the present American political mess, how it developed and what can be done about it.
Nuclear explosion, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 12, 2023
Is There an Adult in the Room? This war in Ukraine has morphed into a proxy war of the US against Russia. To try for an all out victory contains a high risk of escalation into nuclear options and a nuclear confrontation which should be unthinkable. It is time for the US to be the adult in the room and find a negotiated settlement to end the destruction.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
IMG_2898, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 16, 2023
Tragedy in the Middle East Putting the entire Palestinian problem into perspective for clarity.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Sacred cow, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Sacred Cow What is the price of making Israel a "sacred cow" in our political system and what about the people of Gaza?
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Trump, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 9, 2017
Trump: Polluting the Political Stream Although Donald Trump is a significant source of political pollution, the rule of the 1%, economic elite, is the real cause.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
JFK limousine., From WikimediaPhotos
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 1, 2020
The JFK Assassination: In Context The JFK assassination was only one part of a plan to shift power back to an American economic aristocracy, which nearly played out with the autocratic leadership of Donald Trump.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Insurrection News, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Power Through Intimidation Exploring and explaining the threat and damage that violence and intimidation have on a democratic society.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
2016 Presidential Election, From GoogleImages
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 10, 2016
Trump-Bashing In this crazy presidential election endless attacks on Trump have become self-indulgent and counter-productive. It is merely infighting with the family of the oligarchy of the financial elites.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
WIZARD FALLS ON THE METOLIUS_DESCHUTES, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 8, 2018
2017: An American Watershed The last election was the culmination of where the neoliberal economic system was leading us to a dystopia future. It is time to make the choice of changing back to a humanized democratic system that is sustainable.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Train, From PixabayPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 27, 2022
A Transformation from Silo to Train, "All Aboard" About providing a means to break from the entrenched system and begin the transformative journey back to our heritage of inclusive democracy.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Donald Trump, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 8, 2022
How Trump Stole the Heart of the Democratic Party By ignoring the workers and ordinary citizens, the Democratic Party has lost the hearts and minds of much of the nation, leaving those people to be cherry-picked by unscrupulous Republicans.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
pile of corruption, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 15, 2021
Democracy: Bought and Paid For Defining the issues of the corrupting influence of money to democratic governance and describing a way to resurrect a renewal of democracy by creating a new politics of action.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Mask, From PixabayPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 3, 2020
Masking Common Sense A common sense solution to this bickering over masks in the midst of a pandemic.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
ignorance, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Wars of Ignorance Identifying willful ignorance as a deadly enemy in the war against Covid.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Where Do We Go, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 19, 2023
Where Are We Going? Time to think about where we are headed as a nation and as a species. Time to think about our participation in choosing a direction.
Broken Christmas Hopes, From ImagesAttr
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, December 23, 2017
Time for a Christmas Pilgrimage At a time for giving the economic elite seems to be taking rather than operating in the spirit of Christmas.
Image from Twitter User MelvinNudelman, From TwitterPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 17, 2020
Rededication to Democracy Rereading the Declaration of Independence is clarifying and brings out eerie similarities to what our nation is devolving into.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
running out of time, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 17, 2022
Failed Experiment The great American experiment of modern democracy is in danger of failure due to the domination or an economic elite. This may also spell the end of the human race as a viable species on this planet.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Wall Street Bull, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 23, 2021
The American Dilemma White supremacy and neoliberal economics are the two horns of the dilemma that limits the U.S.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
George Floyd Portrait, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 4, 2021
Ratifying Democracy This is the last part of a trilogy of the events surrounding the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis a year ago. This segment is about the possible societal outcomes of the verdict.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Money, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 12, 2021
American Economics 101 This article identifies out-of-control capitalism as a threat to democracy and any real recovery. We must change our economics to survive, bringing capitalism back under the control of democracy.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Power politics money influence, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Ukraine: A Continuation of the Wars of the Oligarchs Rethinking modern International warfare. A new look at what is behind much of the international warfare, who benefits and who bears the brunt of the sacrifices.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
3D Blue Question Mark, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 28, 2020
Solutions A perspective on how to find democratic and humane solutions to existential challenges.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
Scenes from Gaza Crisis 2014, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 10, 2023
Loss of the Humanitarian Impulse About our official cowardice and inhumanity as a nation.
Vladimir Putin - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Understanding Russia and Ukraine: Foreign Policy and Perspective Ukraine and its significance to Russia is better understood when you put it into the context of the outcome of WWII and the foreign policy goals of any powerful nation.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
balloons, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Balloon Buffoonery It is important to be prepared for any and all threats to our way of life.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Light chaos, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 9, 2021
Transformation: Slouching Toward Bethlehem The potential for human transformation out of the chaos of these times.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
wake up, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Wake Up, America! Showing the distinction between the "Woke" and the "Snoozers". One is willing to be part of the human life we are confronted with and the other prefers to continue the "Big Snooze" while the autocrats and oligarchs determine our future and our fate.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Trump & Biden, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Leadership Choices: Election 2024 Making a electoral choice may be difficult for some voters.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Serfs Up! Bill of Rights, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Forging a New Politics: Citizenship, Community, Democracy A new politics, outside the old elective politics, is necessary. That new politics must be based on citizen participation and community and must be based on democratic values. It must grow outside the old politics since it will never get the permission from that broken system. The people need to take matters into their own hands, forge a new politics and organize for democracy.
Series: Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views), Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views)
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, September 12, 2020
9/11- A Poem A poem about 9/11 and other human options besides violence and vengeance.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 30, 2022
So, What Should Survive? We find ourselves in the midst of wars, violence and conflict, arguing about who is right and how we should all be living. This article looks past all that to what kind of world we want after all this bickering is over.
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(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 15, 2024
Martin Luther King, Jr. A remembrance of the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and its continuing significance.
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 10, 2020
9/11 Revisited: The Phoenix or the Dark Gods A revisiting of 9/11 with new perspectives, allowing for new conclusions and directions.
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 18, 2020
"No Trump," is Not Enough The Democratic Party needs to up its game with more passion and bold leadership for change.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 24, 2024
Election 2024: US Political Dynamics Appearances and realities: what is this upcoming election about under the surface.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 8, 2016
2016 Election-Barbarians at the Gate Attempts to save the economic elite empire has led to another challenge of the barbarians at the back gate led by one of their own.
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Three Within, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 22, 2021
This is Not a Game Time to stop playing childish games and get serious about the challenges we face, knowing that we are humanly limited and need help.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 24, 2023
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: 60 Years Later What we were becoming before the assassination and what we have become since. A sad story.
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A Fork in The Road, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 20, 2024
A Grand Bargain to Save Democracy: A New Mandate To garner votes for Biden in the face of Gaza, there needs to be a new bargain about how to reclaim our foreign policy to realign it with our democratic ideals.
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Trump, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 23, 2023
Keeping Trump Alive Donald Trump is a media creation that has taken on lifelike proportions, but is not exactly real.
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For Gaza, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 10, 2024
Redeeming the Nation and Saving Democracy: Election 2024 Our support of Israel in Gaza is threatening Biden's chances in the upcoming election.
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Coronavirus, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Occupying Army If Covid-19 is an existential threat to survival, how should we respond? Should we do nothing and rely on herd immunity to take its course of should we be proactive?
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(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 15, 2016
How It Happened The manipulations of the economic elite, in their attempt to stay in power, opened a Pandora's Box of very negative outcomes.
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True Stories - A fresh Start, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 19, 2020
Fresh Start Through all the chaos and in the face of the new realities, we are provided with an opportunity for a fresh start and a rededication to the principles of democracy to find our way back to a sustainable reality.
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End the siege of Gaza now. Free Palestine!, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 30, 2024
Illusions and Reality: Political Dynamics It is time to put things in perspective and remember the context of the realities we are witnessing. The official illusions are getting pretty weak.
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Lake Inle sunrise, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 29, 2023
The New Year Time for new approaches to our universal human issues. Time to rise above the fray
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Palestinians Collect Belongings from Gaza Ruins, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 13, 2024
Gaza: The End of Western Pretense What is going on in Gaza is, unfortunately, the culmination of a history of exploitive colonialism by the nations of Western civilization.
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The new year's resolutions, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 7, 2024
Resolutions for the New Year - 2024 It is time to make decisions about how to use our personal time and energy to help create a positive future.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)
Joe Biden, From FlickrPhotos
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Biden, Democracy and the Election The policies of the Biden Administration concerning Gaza are affecting our standing in world opinion and are very likely to influence the next presidential election.
Series: Democracy in America (93 Articles, 115120 views), Sustainable Sanity (59 Articles, 75848 views)

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