Blog 01 Feb 2024 Anguished Thoughts On: Israel’s campaign in Gaza ‘plausibly’ amounts to genocide, US court finds ***NOTE: Several footnotes supply additional commentary/information*** The Guardian Middle East crisis – live updates Julian Borger Global affairs editor Thu… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jul 2022 Pope Francis says Catholic Church committed cultural ‘genocide’ of Canada’s Indigenous peoples Jul 30, 2022 by Christopher White Christopher White is the Vatican correspondent for NCR. His email address is [email protected]. Follow him… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 May 2022 Silent Genocide By Robert C. Koehler image above: An example of the damage done by depleted uranium shells on armour plating. WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Jul 2024 Why I Oppose the Death Penalty WN: I was invited to dialogue with Dr. Richard Land of (later) “The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission” of… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jun 2024 Litany of: Opinion | Trump’s fascist talk is what’s ‘poisoning the blood of our country’ By Dana Milbank Columnist May 24, 2024 WN: Cultists of all stripes are invariably and tragically sucked-in dupes. The article… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 May 2024 The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel By Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti May 16, 2024 WN: This is an overwhelmingly tragic story for Palestinians living within… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 May 2024 Palestine: The Ultimate Maximum Security Prison PLEASE NOTE: In response to the film and material below, I received this from a friend, Dr. Loren Wilkinson: I… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 May 2024 Response To: Israeli Finance Minister Denounced for Calling for ‘Total Annihilation’ of Gaza Julia Conley May 01, 2024 image above: Religious Zionist head Bezalel Smotrich attends a discussion in the Israeli parliament on… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Apr 2024 Highlighting: Opinion | I’m Jewish, and I’ve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them. By Peter Maass April 9, 2024 WN: The Jewish writer of the article highlighted below gets it -- and from… Editor No Comments
Blog Attendees came from 18 different nations. 08 Apr 2024 Rwanda Dispatches May 18 to July 12, 2018 At 30 years on to this day, April 7, 2024, the Rwanda Genocide broke out, that saw more than 1… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Nov 2023 Trump lashes out at Laurene Powell Jobs over Atlantic piece calling him ‘fascistic,’ anti-Christian Monday, November 27, 2023 by Charles Jay for Community Contributors Team image above: LAURENE POWELL JOBS | www.thefemalelead.com WN: In… Editor No Comments
Blog The Security Council votes on a draft resolution on the situation in the Middle East. The resolution, submitted by Brazil, called for “humanitarian pauses” to deliver lifesaving aid to millions in Gaza. The resolution received 12 votes in favour, 2 abstentions (Russian Federation, United Kingdom), and 1 vote against (United States). The Resolution was not adopted due to a veto by the United States. A view of Council members signaling their abstention. 18 Oct 2023 Agonizing: U.S. Vetoes Security Council Resolution on ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in Gaza AJ McDougall Breaking News Reporter Oct. 18, 2023 image above: Security Council Meets on Situation in Middle East, Including Palestinian… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Oct 2023 Reflection on: Everything I thought I knew about Israel and Gaza was wrong Editor in Chief Jodi Rudoren October 9, 2023 --source of image above NOTE: Please see too: Agonizing: U.S. Vetoes… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Apr 2023 Was America Great When It Burned Native American Babies? (Audio and Transcript) – Truthdig Posted initially on Aug 5, 2016 Interview by Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer “Benjamin Madley((See many of his writings… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Mar 2023 Christian Pacifism and Its Cultured Naysayers ***NOTE 1: Many footnotes add detail and background to the text.*** ***NOTE 2: The PDF academic version is here.*** WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jan 2023 Thoughts On: The Great Santos January 20, 2023 Matthew Stevenson image above: Original cover art for the 1927 edition of The Great Gatsby by Francis… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Oct 2022 The Secret Path – Gord Downie’s Secret Path In Concert WN: The concert and the TV Special, "The Secret Path" (the latter written and directed by Gord Downie of "The… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Aug 2022 Thoughts On: “We need to take away children.” An investigation by Caitlin Dickerson August 7, 2022 image above: These illustrations were created by The Atlantic using direct quotes… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Jul 2022 Reflections on: How to Read Donald Trump By Ariel Dorfman July 3, 2022 image above and below: "If there was a single company that embodied the overarching… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jun 2022 Do Christians Have a Responsibility to Protect? By Elias Crim April 18, 2022 WN: In the article highlighted, there is this: Here’s Augustine’s most famous passage on… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Jun 2022 A planet in peril and our embrace of Big Brother: George Orwell would have been shocked by Rebecca Solnit image above: cloudcity7.com WN: The author's concluding line is foreboding and powerful: In many ways, we are… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2022 Reflections On: Opinion Doug Mastriano’s unhinged ‘Nazi’ claim signals deeper danger ahead By Greg Sargent, Columnist June 2, 2022 image above: thedispatch.com WN: The U.S. has become increasingly unhinged--thanks in significant part… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jun 2022 Thoughts on: With the Buffalo massacre, white Christian nationalism strikes again Perspective by Samuel L. Perry Philip S. Gorski May 20, 2022 image above: Hundreds of white nationalists marched on the… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 May 2022 The Mumbai Bombs, July 2006 July 12, 2006 Dear Editor: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter MacKay predictably was the pot that called the kettle… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Mar 2022 Capitalism and Racism WN: We have been studying an excellent book in this discussion group: How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Feb 2022 Canada’s Anti-Vax Answer to Jan. 6 Is an Indefinite Blockade of Ottawa Justin Ling Jan. 30, 2022 photo above: © Provided by CBC Kids News WN: In two words: How stupid! excerpts:… Editor No Comments
Blog Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clash with police officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 23 Jan 2022 Reflections on: The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare Thomas Homer-Dixon Special to The Globe and Mail Published December 31, 2021; Updated January 2, 2022 photo above: cbsnews.com WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Oct 2021 On A letter from Hell By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist photo above: pxhere.com WN: It is interesting that the photo chosen for the article highlighted… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Sep 2021 9/11 was a test: Essay by Carlos Lozada Illustration above: by Patrik Svensson Sept. 3, 2021 WN: Below are excerpts from an outstanding essay… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jul 2021 Haiti’s fate is intertwined with the U.S. By Ishaan Tharoor with Claire Parker Email photo above: A man speaks on the phone next to a mural in… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jun 2021 The Catholic Church must come clean—completely—about what it did to Native Americans The Editors June 30, 2021 photo above: A young woman takes part in a rally in Toronto June 6, 2021,… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Jun 2021 John A. Macdonald can wait By Stephen Maher June 7, 2021 photo above: Shoes sit in front of the Parliament buildings during a ceremony on… Editor No Comments
23 May 2021 I Was a Catholic Zionist: A Biblical Challenge to Tribalism and Idolatry WN: This review is from THE AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR JUDAISM Review: "I Was a Catholic Zionist"--An Eloquent Exploration of Judaism's… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 May 2021 Chris Hedges: God’s Covenant in the Promised Land WN: The following video, God's Covenant in the Promised Land, was powerful in 2014. It is tragically as true now… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 May 2021 Return the National Parks to the Tribes Story by David Treuer May 2021 Issue Editor’s note: This article is part of a new series called “Who Owns… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 May 2021 Joe Biden’s War Powers: Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill April 28 2021 Recording: Go to website and listen to Joe Biden's War Powers 2021-04-28·36 min. Transcript… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Apr 2021 Empire Politician: The new president’s paper trail reveals a man who has often betrayed his own bedrock principles. Jeremy Scahill April 28… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Apr 2021 Tribes Want Medals Awarded for Wounded Knee Massacre Rescinded Mark Walker April 23, 2021 photo above: Kristina Barker for The New York Times WN: This kind of story can… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Apr 2021 Dear White America – “History Has its Eye on You” By Community April 16, 2021 photo above: The quote is from The Talmud. WN: The above from The Talmud echoes… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Mar 2021 The wrong kind of normal By RENUKA RAYASAM and MYAH WARD 03/23/2021 photo above: There Have Already Been 104 Mass Shootings In US So Far… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Dec 2020 Jesus Was a Victim of Empire. Acknowledging This Should Transform Christianity. Jesus Was a Victim of Empire. Acknowledging This Should Transform Christianity. By Christine Mungai, Truthout Part of the Series: Religion's… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jun 2020 An Open Letter To Joe Biden Dear Mr. Biden. If I might be so bold, I wonder about connecting some dots at this incredible kairos moment… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 May 2020 Cornel West Says ‘Neo-Fascist Gangster’ Trump and Neoliberal Democrats Expose America as ‘Failed Social Experiment’ WN: Please see in light of the title this outstanding article by Canadian Wade Davis: The Unraveling of America. 1.… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 May 2020 Black Toronto residents 20 times more likely to be shot dead by police, study says Black people made up 61% of cases where police used force that resulted in death, Ontario human rights commission report… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Apr 2020 Editorial: Dolan delivers the church to Trump and the GOP Editorial: Dolan delivers the church to Trump and the GOP Apr 28, 2020 by NCR Editorial Staff photo above: New… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Feb 2020 New Book! — Justice That Transforms: Volume 1 WN: Wipf and Stock Publishers gratefully re-published (my re-edited) Volume 1 of a series by the same title, January 9,… Editor No Comments
Blog Ranking Member Devin Nunes (L), Republican of California, speaks with Representative Jim Jordan (C), Republican of Ohio, and Republican Counsel Stephen Castor (R), during the first public hearings held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, with witnesses Ukrainian Ambassador William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent testifying, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., November 13, 2019. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS - RC2HAD9JPDQ7 14 Nov 2019 The Exposure of the Republican Party The Exposure of the Republican Party The GOP will not be a great or good party until those who lead… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Aug 2019 We must call the El Paso shooting what it is: Trump-inspired terrorism It is staggering to imagine how much more violence this president may motivate if he continues down this deeply disturbing… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Mar 2019 Christchurch, the White Victim Complex and Savage Capitalism Christchurch, the White Victim Complex and Savage Capitalism March 15, 2019 by Ben Debney drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Feb 2019 Millennials are so over US domination of world affairs by Bruce Jentleson Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Duke University July 26, 2018 6.36am EDT photo above: Millennials… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Feb 2019 The case for capping all prison sentences at 20 years The case for capping all prison sentences at 20 years America’s prison sentences are far too long. It’s time to… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Feb 2019 The Cautious Case for Climate Optimism The Cautious Case for Climate Optimism Believing in a comfortable future for our planet probably means some giant carbon-sucking machines.… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Jan 2019 Five Forces Driving the Rise of Fascism in 2019 Five Forces Driving the Rise of Fascism in 2019 By Michael I. Niman,Truthout Published January 13, 2019 WN: The article… Editor No Comments
24 Sep 2018 Justice That Transforms — Book Series First 3 Volumes Fall 2018; Volume One Republished January 2020; two more projected late 2023 SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are… Editor
Blog 02 Aug 2018 Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’ Commits the church to working toward its abolition worldwide((There is clearly moral ambiguity on this issue. I greatly appreciate this… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2018 The Last Temptation How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Feb 2018 Billy Graham and the Gospel of Fear February 21, 2018 byCecil Bothwell Photo above by Richard Bromley | CC BY 2.0 [NOTE: For a differing view with… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Feb 2018 The Doctrine of Discovery, Manifest Destiny, and American Exceptionalism Posted on July 21, 2015 by christian hegemony Challenging Christian Hegemony Practical tools for recognizing and resisting Christian dominance WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Nov 2017 Utilizing Indigenous Thought to Cope in the Age of Trump Sunday, November 26, 2017 By Four Arrows, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: aljazeera.com WN: Below is a wise, challenging, hopeful piece.… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Nov 2017 White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, Vol 3 (3) (2011) pp 54-70 ©2011 International Journal of Critical Pedagogy Permission to quote… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jun 2017 The US and Israel Share a History of Ethnic Cleansing Sunday, May 28, 2017 By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview an excerpt: Mark Karlin Historically, what are some examples of… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Apr 2017 Getting Through U.S. Immigration – Spoof WN: This brief spoof captures something tragically larger about American Empire. Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Apr 2017 Fifty Years On: MLK’s Concerns Still Plague Us, Including Militarism Tuesday, 04 April 2017 photo above: Racism, extreme materialism and militarism are still inextricably linked, and still prevent our society's… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Mar 2017 Palestinian Women – One for All, All for One Editor: We are proud that Samah, one of the women profiled in the article below [click on Palestinian Women] from International Women's Day… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Feb 2017 Trump travel ban hits major setback after judges uphold temporary restraining order Ben Jacobs in Washington @Bencjacobs Thursday 9 February 2017 23.17 GMT Complete victory’: attorney general celebrates Trump travel ban verdict Judges… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Feb 2017 Trump Revives a Shameful Tradition: Targeting a Minority Group with Crime Reports February 8, 2017 What the author is describing is scapegoating, ubiquitous in human cultures and history. René Girard, recently deceased,… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Dec 2016 Calvin Prof on ‘Radical’ Watchlist: ‘The Call of the Prophet Is to Speak Truth’ By Joseph Kuilema 12-07-2016 an excerpt: My own discipline, social work, emerged in part out of the social gospel movement… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Nov 2016 Millions Will Be Harmed by Trump’s Policies, Warns Rights Advocate in Open Letter 'As president, you will have the heavy responsibility to prevent enactment of dangerous pledges and proposals that were made in… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Nov 2016 The Republic Repeals Itself By Andrew Sullivan WN: The article linked below is one of despair. There is no doubt this is a sentiment… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Nov 2016 My Journey to the Center of the Alt-Right – The Huffington Post By Luke O'Brien Illustrations By Mariano Pascual November 3, 2016 I went to a white nationalist ethnostate in Indiana. I… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Oct 2016 PAULIST FATHERS STATEMENT ON MORAL ISSUES IN THE 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION photo above: St. Mary's of the Lake, Lake George, N.Y. - Paulist Fathers, www.paulist.org Though this is not a ringing… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Oct 2016 The CIA’s Involvement in Indonesia and the Assassinations of JFK and Dag Hammarskjold By Edward Curtin and Greg Poulgrain Global Research, July 22, 2016 In the "City of God," St. Augustine tells the… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Oct 2016 An Open Letter to Michelle Obama, October 13, 2016 WN: A friend reminded me, in response to that below, that none of us in the first world is… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Sep 2016 Where Movements Meet: Black Lives Matter Organizers Visit #NoDAPL photo above: by Melinda Lee By Kelly Hayes, Truthout | News Analysis an excerpt: Last weekend, as thousands of Indigenous… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Aug 2016 Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (C.U.R.E.) Upcoming World Conference Human Rights and Prison Reform Seventh International CURE Conference April 25-29, 2017, San Jose, Costa Rica, Courtyard… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Aug 2016 An ‘American Holocaust’ Dr. Stannard, by most accounts, published in 1993 a meticulously researched, powerful book about genocide against indigenous populations in the… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Aug 2016 ‘They’re Coming for the Ones You Love’: My Weekend of Gun Training in the Desert photo above: “John Wayne,” an active- duty serviceman, watches his trainer demonstrate a “controlled pair”—two shots to the center of… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Jul 2016 There’s No Business Like the Arms Business photo above: A mural near the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. ( Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Jun 2016 Opposing Mass Incarceration Is “Trendy,” but Can We Stop the Train of Piecemeal Reform? Friday, 03 June 2016 00:00 By James Kilgore, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: Image: Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Apr 2016 Neighbors in Rwanda: An Interview with Denise Uwimana Denise and her sons survived the [Rwandan] genocide against immense odds. Many of her relatives, though, were killed. So was… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 The London Bombs, July 2005 By Wayne Northey July 9, 2005 Dear Editor: Prime Minister Tony Blair hypocritically called the London bombings “barbaric attacks.” On… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Mar 2015 A Partial List of Democides in the Last Hundred Years WN: Democide: "the murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide, and mass murder." While this… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2015 Capital Punishment image above: izquotes.com WN: I was invited to dialogue with Dr. Richard Land of (later) “The Ethics and Religious Liberty… Editor No Comments
25 Feb 2014 Chrysalis Crucible – a novel SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are at the bottom of all website pages. PLEASE NOTE: In that there is no need… MasterEditor No Comments
Blog 25 Feb 2014 Restorative Justice and Prison Visitation WN: The following was written for the Mennonite Brethren Herald, and published August 2001. This was also typical of similar articles… Editor No Comments