War is hell! Peace is better?
If we want to stop the war, we’ll have to end the peace! As probably just about everyone here today knows, everyday life in peacetime is deadly for people all over the world. Many people die but many more survive for living deaths — lives without hopes or dreams. There’s
Life and Death of Timothy McVeigh
Timothy McVeigh was guilty. He’s dead. We’re all guilty. We’re alive. What can we do so that the deaths that he caused and his own death do not leave us even farther from the world that we want. I haven’t been to Oklahoma City; I don’t really know what
Abolition and the Free Society
.. the primary creative force will be the collective actions of the mass seeking to solve the great social problems which face them in their daily lives. Intellect will play a high role, higher than ever, but it will be the intellectual activities of millions of men, dealing with realities.
Family Matters
I live in Brooklyn but, since this is not only a Brooklyn story, let’s start with New Jersey. Two developments catch my attention. The first is an effort by the state’s Department of Education to “take over” the public schools in Newark, the state’s largest city and home to
Panic, Rage and Reason
Long Island is probably best known to many people across the United States as the place where Howard Stern, the early morning radio talk show personality and now best-selling author, was raised. If they listen to his show or read the book, they may conclude that Long Island is
My Problem with Multi-Cultural Education
“Daddy, what are we?” “What do you mean?” “You know, where are we from? Are we Italian, Irish, Jewish; you know, like that?” “Well, we’re from here; we’re Americans.” “Daddy!!! What am I going to say in school?” More than once, my now nine