| Mar 13, 2024 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWell, well, well — look who’s waking up and raring to go: Mr. and Ms. Woke! We so-called “woke” people have been the target of far-right politicos and front groups that are frantically trying to ban us and our ideas from America’s political discourse. In the past few...
| Jan 17, 2024 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyToday I’m grieving the loss of my friend Norman Lear. Like millions of other TV viewers, I watched the Emmy Awards on January 15. The show honored Norman, who died late last year, as the Hollywood legend that he was. He was also the most deeply principled and decent...
| Dec 30, 2015 | Environment / HealthLast year, I didn’t make any New Year’s resolutions. But it appears that life made them for me. Two changes occurred in my life, and I responded. In retrospect, 2015 produced more personal growth than perhaps any other year of my life. The first change occurred...
| May 6, 2015 | Peace / SecurityFerguson. New York. Baltimore. As cities erupt after decades of oppression and violence at the hands of police, calls for nonviolence can be deafening. “Violence isn’t the answer,” the moralists chide when protesters throw rocks and clash with police....
| | Rights / DemocracyAnother city just erupted in rage in response to a police killing. After a week of peaceful protests following the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, “Charm City” was in flames. The authorities declared a state of emergency and deployed the National...
