I often talk about peace as one of the elements of Heaven on Earth.  Generally, I refer to peace and security and how they relate to citizens within nations. When speaking of positive values, I refer to a sort of personal inner peace.  Inner peace as an individual is similar to peace globally because they both…

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Why don’t we think outside the military box in Syria?  Why don’t we help Syrian refugees in every way possible–our government and others, private entities like Doctors Without Borders, a world-wide positive nonviolent effort.  This would be a much more humane endeavor than a risky unilateral military strike by the United States.  It would be…

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In Syria the “answer” is not military action although the threat of it should be apparent to Assad, the knave who ordered or allowed the use of chemical weapons in genocide of his own country’s citizens.  World opinion—including Russians, Chinese and Iranians—should turn on that despicable dictator, Assad the terrible. The United States and the…

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There was a very insightful opinion article in The Wall Street Journal this morning, August 31, 2013, by Elizabeth O’Bagy, a senior analyst at the Institute for the Study of War.     The most interesting observation she makes after several trips to Syria is that moderate opposition groups are carrying on a good bit of the fighting against…

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Probably all people have some degree of racism.  But the important thing is not to say or do anything that is precipitated by that primitive state. As humans we often react to those we face.  If they are angry, it may make us angry or upset.  If they show racism it might bring out our…

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