When we hear daily news about war, murders, deaths from disease and poverty, we may become numb and turn away. We may feel there is nothing to be...
No peaceful summer on this unique planet. The dire effects of pollution from endless growth are hitting rich countries with some of the...
This decade we must act to prevent the worst in climate catastrophe and slow the dramatic loss of insects, birds and other animals of all kinds...
Our country is shaken by the attempted take-over of Congress on Jan. 6. The threat posed by armed white supremacists is real. So is the danger of...
Anniversaries are times for people to come together, to remember, and see how things are now. Forty years ago this month, 600 women came together...
It’s that time again. When taxes are due and we can again consider how they are used. Here’s a case for turning our national budget away from war...
Hurricanes wreak destruction in the Carolinas, the Philippines and beyond. A season of out-of-control wildfires, drought in some areas, floods in...
“Cut military spending, invest in our future” — That was the message on a fly-specked green-on-white bumper sticker from the mid-1970s that...
I have traveled to my former home in Bonn, Germany, for the month of November. Why now, after some years of settling in back in Franklin County? It...
What started 18 years ago as a local gathering to promote growers and artisans has become a major festival for body and soul. Besides this wekend’s...
Have you seen Michael Moore’s latest film, “Where to Invade Next”? It’s a comedy, but one has to “laugh with one eye crying.” I mean, how does the...