As the United States sleepwalked toward civil war and a more imperial outlook toward to the rest of the the world, Henry David Thoreau was one of the people who were awake to what was happening. He tried to tell all who would listen that any of them had the
When Jesse Jackson implored us to "Keep Hope Alive", he wasn't referring to some childish hope that a magical force would suddenly bring about peace on earth and equality for all. Jesse understood that there are too many forces acting on the present and the future
On June 7, 1988, I cast my first every vote in a Democratic Primary Election. I cast that ballot with a sense of pride and hope that I have never again felt when voting in any election. Jackson's anti-poverty, social justice message resonated deep into my core.
In honor of Emily Brontë's movie crushing the Melania movie at the box office this weekend, I figured it would be a good time share a Brontë quote with Melania that she can use the next time Donald says that he wants to give her a hug.
Yesterday I saw a post from the National Association of Black Geoscientists and it made me think of something I once read in a book by W.E.B. DuBois. He was talking about how America has a history of discouraging and murdering ability when that talent is present in
On February 14, 1776, just across the river from where I now sit, Thomas Paine wrote an introduction to a new version to Common Sense. In it he said that the cause of America is the cause of all mankind. A place where the oppressed from all around the world
We are hearing from insiders in the AI space who are realizing that their work is going to be a major disruption to human society. People who have spent years developing skills that made them useful, employable, and capable of supporting their families are going to be made obsolete in
Every day, every damn day. Every day we get news of corruption at the highest levels of government. Every day we hear about some new depravity among those whose wealth gives them an outsized influence in our society. Every day there is news of war or threats of war. And
Joseph Heller reminds us that Olympic medals and tennis trophies are absolutely meaningless. They simply signify that the winner was able to do something that is no benefit to anyone, but he does it better than anyone else on the planet. And that is why the real winner of this
Over 2000 years ago, Sophocles told us the world was full of wonders, but nothing so wonderful and so terrible as man. We are capable of so much, but if we don't have internal and external restraints, we can be the source of the worst actions that occur
The Philadelphia Inquierer tells us that 85,000 people have dropped their health care in Pa, but a better description would be that 85,000 people were priced out of their health care in Pennsylvania. They decided the only option for surviving the year is the roll the dice that
This extra quote of the day is from Line of Duty and it goes out to Ghislaine Maxwell or anyone else with first hand knowledge of the sleazy world of Jeffery Epstein.