Howard Zinn on keeping hope and perspective
Monte Asbury features a lovely post that excerpts the conclusion of Howard Zinn’s 1994 book You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times. These … Continue reading
Mikhail Gorbachev: A new cold war can be averted
History is not preordained: a new cold war can be averted US military arrogance has led to a global crisis. But there is still time to change course and build … Continue reading
Students killed in Baghdad university bombing
I’m affected by a lot of news from Iraq, but the news of the bombing outside Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad that killed seventy students, mostly female, and injured more than … Continue reading
Authentic hope
Some very thoughtful words from Rebecca Solnit on our current condition in her excellent book, Hope in the Dark, p. 24: “Bush invited his constituency to be blind to the … Continue reading
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