US Domestic Priorities vs. Israel's War on Palestine; NATO's Provocations of Russia; and Increasing Threats of Nuclear War I am in receipts of numerous fund-raising solicitations from candidates for office, all reciting the threat to important US domestic programs posed by the potentially disastrous results of the 2024 elections. While I am in favor of...
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The media distorted parts of Jesus' message right from the start. The Gospels, and the first generation of Jesus' followers, effectively altered or hid his more radical teachings, and what has been preached from a million pulpits and that we still get from many today is a gross distortion. Jesus was not preoccupied with individual...
Read MoreThe Biden-Putin summit back in July produced some real but fragile promise. The Presidential Joint Statement on Strategic Stability, signed by US President Joseph Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the close of the summit, confirmed the Reagan-Gorbachev declaration that a nuclear war could not be won and should never be fought, and called...
Read Moredynamics undermining the potential of the Biden-Putin summit
The Presidential Joint Statement on Strategic Stability, signed by US President Joseph Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the close of the summit, though only three paragraphs long, was perhaps all that we who are concerned with the risk of nuclear war could ask: confirmation of the Reagan-Gorbachev declaration that a nuclear war could...
Read MoreAnd how wearing a mask protects others, not just yourself
Despite the heavy tonnage of news coverage about the novel coronavirus to which we're all subjected 24/7, there are several aspects of the situation that have not to my knowledge been given adequate attention; and these have serious implications for both our own individual behavior and public policy. This article highlights and explains: That much...
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I disagree with President Donald Trump about practically everything. With two exceptions. First, Trump said it from Day One: “Getting along with Russia and China and with everybody is a very good thing. It’s good for the world, it’s good for the U.S.” He said it again regarding his planned July 16 meeting with Russian...
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My goal in writing about these things is to alert you to the problems and encourage you to share your concerns with people you know and with federal policy-makers. Right now, the entire gamut of political discussion all but excludes the topic nuclear war, so if some Senators, Members of Congress, and the President were...
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Undermining Peace Efforts and Threatening More War
Disinformation and lies have been used to justify the wars on Syria that started in 2011.[1] But lately I’ve been amazed at the extent to which our entire public discourse now rests on disinformation and lies. This is a broader problem, but it also affects the prospects for peace in Syria, one of several places...
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