On May 23rd, in Poulsbo, WA, hundreds of people joined several dozen pacifist Buddhist monks from the Japanese-based Nipponzan Myohoji religious order to

My son, 13, and his friends, in episodes of post adolescence flippancy, refer to robotic technology in sci-fi appropriated, derisive terms such as

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVrJydfLSwU Max was born in the Vatican hospital As bombs dropped down on Rome Life wasn’t always so logical Max sailed

The Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC) has a new TV ad advocating support for the Greater Yellowstone Conservation and Recreation Act. The Act would

Bob Dylan’s “all night girls whispered escapades out on the D Train.” Billy Strayhorn told us to take the A Train and “Listen to those rails a-thrummin.’”

To preserve our democracy, we must reform the Supreme Court. In its recent Louisiana v. Callais decision, the Court’s Republican majority completed its

There are flickering signs that the United States and Iran might negotiate a settlement to end the unprovoked war launched by President Trump earlier this

President Donald Trump has brazenly engaged in what appears to be insider trading. A bombshell story published in Bloomberg on May 14, 2026, revealed that

Today’s cities are hotbeds of inequality. Urban real estate is one of the most expensive kinds of land in the world. It attracts billionaires looking to

Imagine you have considerable background as a progressive or revolutionary activist. You are a good communicator about war and peace, fascist trends,

Even President Trump’s own Justice Department is having a hard time grappling with Trump’s brazen money grab from the IRS — and, by extension, American

Who is actually running the government? That is no longer a rhetorical question. As America’s war with Iran lurches from escalation to ceasefire to

In a recent essay for The Atlantic, “History is Running Backwards,” David Brooks argues that ever-more people are disillusioned by the moral chaos and

Javier Milei’s government took office in December 2023 with a strong rhetoric about the need to expand freedom. However, rather than expanding it, his

As a long-time death penalty abolitionist, I’ve often compared the death penalty in America to a train with no brakes: Once the machinery starts moving,

As humanity enters a new civilizational phase, it has the productive capacity to build the Minimal Paradise ─ an infrastructure in which every household

On May 25, US president Donald Trump went back to war with Iran, launching strikes in the southern part of that country on a laughable claim of

Today I spent money I didn’t have to spend, and I don’t regret a single penny of it. I went to Apple TV and bought The Alabama Solution (2025) even though I already have an HBO Max subscription where it streams for free. This film was Oscar nominated for…