What is Satyagraha - A Parable

What is satyagraha, or truth force?
It’s this:
A Buddhist parable
“While a small bird attempts to save a burning forest, engaged in a seemingly futile mission, she flies back and forth from the river dripping water from her beak. As the lone bird is running out of energy, the Buddhist gods, representing a compassionate function in the [...]

You Do the Math

You do the math.
Someone told me a couple of years ago that he thought we needed to militarily intervene in Iraq because “Somebody’s got to teach those people how to think, don’t they?”
Well, if we wanted to teach them to think, maybe we could have spent our trillion dollars (direct and indirect costs) a little [...]

Stop Blaming Bush!

The New York Times lead editorial for January 11, 2007, titled, “The Real Disaster”, stated:
“The disaster is Mr. Bush’s war, and he has already failed. Last night was his chance to stop offering more fog and be honest with the nation, and he did not take it.”
I must protest this point. While I’m no fan [...]

The Kucinich Plan For Iraq

Rep. Dennis Kucinich has drafted a plan for ending the US military involvement in Iraq.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rep__den_070108_the_kucinich_plan_fo.htm
“There is a compelling need for a new direction in Iraq, one that recognizes the plight of the people of Iraq, the false and illegal basis of the United States war against Iraq, the realities on the ground which make a [...]

News: Roman Colosseum - Protest Against the Death Penalty

Credit is due the mayor and people of Rome for speaking out against the death penalty.
As the Roman Colosseum is a place sanctified by martyrs’ blood, may the demonstration have the force of prayer.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,21023287-5005961,00.html
ROME lit up the arches of its ancient Colosseum at dusk overnight to protest against the death penalty after Saddam Hussein’s hanging, [...]

Capital Punishment - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar

I protest the planned use of capital punishment in the cases of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar.
Both men were convicted in connection with the killing of 148 men of the city of Dujail and with other reprisals against the civilian population of the city following a failed assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein in [...]

Madrid Airport Bombing and Alleged Basque ETA Involvement

The world looks with shock and dismay at the senseless bombing of an airport parking building in Madrid on December 30, 2006 and the tragic loss of life. Anonymous phone calls have claimed responsibility on behalf of the Basque separatist party, the ETA. Let us hope this is not the case.
Why say “let us hope [...]