Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Thursday, November 15, 2007

A Dangerous Lame Duck

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There is a powerful piece of commentary about the Bush agenda today on TomPaine.com: 14 Months of Danger If you prefer a progressive view o...
Sunday, October 07, 2007

Building Leaders of the Future

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My 16-year-old daughter is packing for a week in Washington, DC, where she will participate in the National Youth Leadership Forum on Nation...
Thursday, September 13, 2007

Iraq Through China's Lens: Thomas Friedman

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This is a very insightful piece. And, I think when even Tom Friedman has conceded that we can't win in Iraq, it's time to throw in t...
Monday, September 10, 2007

As Gen. Patraeus Testifies, Join the SURGE of PRAYERS

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Jim Wallis, on his "God's Politics" blog, is organizing a surge of prayers directed to members of Congress. See his rationale ...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Media as a Tool for Peace Building

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(Dateline: Johannesburg. Posting from the World Summit on Media for Children) This afternoon was the best session that I’ve attended so far,...
Thursday, February 22, 2007

Journey's End: Powerful WWI Drama Packs a Punch

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Journey's End , the story of six British soldiers posted to the front line in WWI, opens tonight on Broadway. This revival was a hit in ...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Iraqis on the Run: What the World can Do

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As I have written here previously, I visited a preschool in the East Amman neighborhood in which Iraqi refugees are housed. Jordanian resour...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Mandaean Emergency in Iraq

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Mandaean Emergency in Iraq

Combatants for Peace Wrestle with Tragedy in the West Bank

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Despite loss of his child, Palestinian ex-fighter remains dedicated to peace | csmonitor.com : "Abir's death has been very difficul...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

Changing the world one kindness at a time....

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The caption under the photo reads: "Air Force Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt, of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group at Balad, Iraq,...
Sunday, February 04, 2007

Iraq War Spurs Massive Migration [Washington Post 2/4/07]

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The Washington Post today is reporting that more than 2 million refugees have fled Iraq since the start of the war. WP: Iraq war spurs massi...
Saturday, December 30, 2006

Iraq's bloggers weigh in on Hussein death sentence | csmonitor.com

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Iraq's bloggers weigh in on Hussein death sentence | csmonitor.com
Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Where are the Women?

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Has anyone else noticed, looking at the pictures of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis demonstrating in the streets, that they are all young me...
Friday, April 11, 2003

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Save the Children Enters Iraq I have contributed to Save the Children for 18 years. They do a wonderful job of assessing and addressing the...

Congratulations!

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Congratulations! 3/26/03 (To the Iraqi People on the occasion of their "liberation" Mark Fiore's Flash-animated political ca...

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Reagan Redux Eleanor Clift writing about the proposed Bush tax cut. I must have missed the Oval Office speech when Bush called upon the el...

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Amazon.com: The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization I've been re-reading Thomas L. Friedman's important book (well...
Monday, March 31, 2003

McGovern Warns of U.S. Aggression

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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that former U.S. Senator and 1976 Presidential candidate George McGovern believes that the White...
Sunday, March 30, 2003

Back in the US of A

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Having been outside of the country for a full week, I'm struck by the over-wrought tone of the American media covering the WAR IN IRAQ! ...
Thursday, March 27, 2003

The Netherlands Weighs In

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This note is from my friend Thé Lau in Amsterdam. He is a recording artist and poet, so I've been eager to hear his thoughts on the cur...