Love will pass and war will not.

Governments lead and lag. By leading and lagging, I mean sometimes governments are ahead of what it is the people want/need/know, and sometimes they are behind.

If you feel it in your bones, it is probably true.

Upheavals ripple out into the universe and reverberate back.

A humanity defining moment.

Arising in a sudden to common purpose, hundreds of thousands can move.

What does it mean to be a citizen in a country that values the right to a weapon over the lives of people?

For the possibility of there being children’s children’s children to reverse the tide, no peace should be abandoned.

No peace should be abandoned. No war ends war.

Every day, interesting, puzzling, delightful stuff is happening.

Few statements more truth than this: “Both sides… feel resentful of history.” 

The cascade of othering keeps all of us focused on The Red Herring: “it is the other guy’s fault.”

In ancient times, societies migrated, vacated, or collapsed in the wake of prolonged extreme weather.

Countries make decisions in their own favor – more or less. What is in their favor?

In its simplest political science definition (versus legally determinative definition), a constitutional crisis exists when a conflict in a function of government cannot be resolved by the constitution of that government.

As humans, even the eccentrics among us crave norms.

Truth is rarely black and white, obvious and concrete, singularly good or singularly bad.

Knowledge of what is “good” and what is “bad” develops over time, experience, investigation, research, debate among experts, and informed decision-making.

Does the fact that government funds something mean that it automatically sits in the commons?

A country’s positions are a reflection of its worldview as it meets its belief and willingness to step into one role, or another.