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U.S. Missile Strike Reportedly Killed Children

April 10, 2017 No Comments

When I learned that President Trump unilaterally ordered 59 missile strikes against the Al Shayrat Airfield in Syria, a quote by Mahatma Gandhi came to mind. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” According to the UK’s Independent, Syrian state media has claimed that the attack

Military attacks are not the answer to Syria’s suffering

April 7, 2017 No Comments

On Tuesday, images of scores of Syrians whose bodies had been ravaged by a chemical attack horrified the world, even many who have become all but inoculated to the face of suffering. While fingers pointed this way and that with blame for the use of chemical weapons, the magnitude of this tragedy called on each person of conscience to respond.

Military attacks are not the answer to Syria’s suffering

April 7, 2017 No Comments

On Tuesday, images of scores of Syrians whose bodies had been ravaged by a chemical attack horrified the world, even many who have become all but inoculated to the face of suffering. While fingers pointed this way and that with blame for the use of chemical weapons, the magnitude of this tragedy called on each person of conscience to respond.

Wilhelm Reich: A Taoist in Freudian Disguise

April 4, 2017 No Comments

Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) was part of the Vienna circle of Sigmund Freud in the 1920s after the First World War in which Reich had served in the Austrian army on the Italian front. Reich was born in a town in what was then the Austria-Hungarian Empire (now in Ukraine). He was attracted to Vienna, not as a seat of political

Wilhelm Reich: A Taoist in Freudian Disguise

April 4, 2017 No Comments

Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) was part of the Vienna circle of Sigmund Freud in the 1920s after the First World War in which Reich had served in the Austrian army on the Italian front. Reich was born in a town in what was then the Austria-Hungarian Empire (now in Ukraine). He was attracted to Vienna, not as a seat of political

Tax Resistance In The Age of a Trump Presidency

April 3, 2017 No Comments

This week, my wife Jan and I have sent our annual letter to the Internal Revenue Service to protest the use of U.S. tax dollars to fund killing and war. Our 2017 letter is published below, at the bottom of this blog post. First, however, I am sharing a joint statement issued last month by peacemakers throughout the United States