Archive: Political
Hillary Clinton threatens to tear America apart -- will Barack Obama's vision be strong enough to sustain us through the long struggle ahead?
For the first time, there is a candidate I really believe in. It's a wonderful gift.
Raising consciousness will not save the world -- but it's possible that social conscience will.
The synchronous deaths of Anita Roddick and Madeline L'Engle speak of the need to change our outer
and inner worlds.
On the politics of work and study.
Public services and the public good.
Grant allocations, double standards, and student advice websites.
An exhbit teaches children that their actions have consequences.... Does it also disempower them?
On what Scots take for granted.
The story of Hanukkah in modern times.
Exploring the links between corporate globalization, local identities, and our insatiable need to consume (final essay for my Ecopsychology module).
Notes from the G8 protests in Scotland and related events.
Exploring the role of writers in social movements, focusing on the frameworks writers build and how they can recreate the dominant paradigm, or empower us to see the world differently (final essay for my Spiritual Activism module).
Review of
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight by Thom Hartmann, exploring the interplay between personal and global transformation (essay for my Self & Society module).
Looking at the economic reasons behind the Iraq war from a multipartisan perspective (final essay for my New Economics module).
Socratic dialogue, exploring strategic activism within our economic system (originally written my New Economics module).
Is a little bit of abuse acceptable? When does it become unacceptable? Reflections on the treatment of protesters at the Republican National Convention.
Bush's sex education guidelines call for an exclusive abstinence-only message to prevent the spread of STDs, and I have a few suggestions on making that message even clearer. (parody!!)
Letter to the Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice, in response to their public meeting which was overwhelmingly Christian and completly monotheistic.
Letter to my peace movement friends in Italy at the supposed finish of "Operation Iraqi Freedom."
Response to a disturbing e-mail, challenging common misconceptions about immigrants, American culture, and politics.
Reflections after a peace deomonstration in Washington, DC.
How the internalized voices of war undermine the struggle for peace.
