by Jason Miller “America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.” -John Quincy Adams While it certainly was not his intent, Adams’ assertion serves to remind us of a truth revealed by vast oceans of tears, torrential rivers of blood, and formidable piles of human remains. Leaving murder, mayhem, and misery in [...]

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.” Edward R. Murrow by John Cory And so it goes. The 4th of July is here with its parades and “what America means to me” essays, and picnics and fireworks, and all those pretty speeches about freedom and democracy and the [...]

by Alice Cherbonnier* We feel sorrow and shame for our country, which has strayed so far from the ideals on which it was founded that it hardly seems fitting that we celebrate the Fourth of July at all. *Ms. Cherbonnier is the managing editor of The Baltimore Chronicle. On this nation’s Independence Day, when we’re [...]

Huh-huh-huh, let’s break somethin’ Police and securocrats know that there aren’t enough real terrorists in the world, which is why they have to keep manufacturing them. This is because citizens tire of being watched by cameras, frisked and x-rayed, having their belongings searched, giving fingerprints to so-called friendly nations on entry, contemplating the myriad government [...]

by Bill Moyers A speech about how social activism – yours and mine – can help save America and democracy. Thank you for this award and for this occasion. I don’t deserve either, but as George Burns said, I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that, either. Tomorrow is my 69th birthday and I cannot [...]