The anthropologist Margaret Mead spent her life studying humans and came up with observations that go unchallenged today. One of them is, Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.  But, like the

“Not my problem,” said Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noam about Andry Hernandez Romero. He’s the gay hairdresser from Venezuela she sent to a prison in El Salvador without due process, and the same woman who shot her dog because the pup was difficult to train. Nope. We’

When a high-speed train is barrelling down the track, a person who knows the trestle ahead has been washed away has one obligation–to run in the direction of the impending disaster in the hope of assisting survivors.  Those of us who sense our country is nearing a failed state

A reader sent me a thoughtful article about Donald Trump’s strategic plan while in office. (Click)  Bit by bit, the article dismantles the president’s false assumptions and explains why they will fail.  But the assumption that Trump has a plan is, in my opinion, false. I see him

After the 2016 presidential election, I read an opinion piece that mocked people who donned a safety-pin to show their solidarity with marginalized people. (Click)  The critic, Christopher Keelty, accused these individuals of hypocrisy: assuaging their guilt rather than taking substa

On Facebook the other day, a man confessed he was grappling with his conscience, unable to swallow his principles to vote for Hillary Clinton.  As I have a perverse mind, a syllogism popped into my head: Bernie Sanders is a moral man Bernie Sanders supports Hillary Clinton Bernie San