NATO promised at that point–at least the US rep James Baker promised in 1990–that NATO wasn’t looking to expand, but presumably rather to sit quietly to see if peace is really possible without its oppositional military alliance, dominated by the Soviet Union. […]
For some time, it’s been apparent that the world’s nations are not meeting the growing challenges to human survival. […]
Aleksei Navalny, to all effects murdered by Putin, represented by contrast about as absolute a standard of what might constitute a morally honest life as humanly possible. He was not perfect; nobody is. In his early political life he dallied with racist forms of nationalism, which he outgrew. […]
In 1969, dissatisfied with the popular idea of peace as a “negative,” the mere absence of war, Galtung redefined peace as the opposite of violence. He characterized the latter as “avoidable insults to life.” The art of peace became the skilled avoidance of such insults. In this way, he enriched our vocabulary of peace by embracing the notion of “positive peace,” also known as the presence of justice. […]
Meanwhile, it’s no secret that workplace romances are somewhat widespread. […]
Nothing makes this more clear than Vice President Kamala Harris’s courageous decision to champion reproductive freedom in the midst of a full-on assault on the right to choose. […]
So, the wolf dressed himself in sheep’s clothing and convinced the weak sheep who were afraid to lose their stature and position in the pasture to designate the slimy, degenerate wolf as the shepherd of the sheep. […]
(F)rom (U)s (C)olored (K)ids …Matt! […]
And it reminds me of another sneak attack that may have caused lethal damage: FBI Director James Comey’s last-minute reopening of an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private emails. […]
What is the Importance of Black History? […]
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