PROTEST IS NOT DIALOGUE… (without dialogue…there is no freedom of speech… and without freedom of speech…there is no democracy) A lot of folks misconstrue the concept of “free speech.” Far too many take it to mean that only those whose
Violence
THE CLAMORS OF INTERMPERATE VOICES AND DISTEMPERED MINDS… (…which simply ignite these into mindless disunity and vicious violence) The tragic events of Charlottesville, Virginia, are
YET ANOTHER CONFRONTATION WITH NATIVE AMERICANS… (…and their rights to control what happens on their lands) On the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota there is an ongoing confrontation happening there between Native Americans of the Lakota (Sioux) tribe, and
AN EXECUTIVE MOVE TO BRING GUN VIOLENCE DOWN TO A DULL ROAR… (…is a well-meaning but misdirected aim at the wrong target…) The President’s recent emotional pitch about gun violence in America, and his public announcement that he plans to
A PLAGUE OF ANARCHIC SOCIOPATHIC MINDSETS (…from induced insanities for violence) The latest mass-killing incident in Oregon, along with the three other gun-violence situations, hard on the heels of that one, suggests we’re facing a plague of anarchic sociopathic mindsets…from
WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? WHERE ARE WE HEADED? (…coming from the certainties of roads past-travelled onto the ambiguities of highways to parts unknown) Like everyone else, I have my moments of doubt and uncertainty. This seems to be one of