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This week I joined others from my town in a State Department initiative called City Pair; in this case, "pairing" Portland, Oregon...

Let teaching our children be based on our efforts to help educate future leaders who are both sensitive and pragmatic.

From the cloud forests in the Andes to the indigenous territories in the headwaters of the Amazon, the Ecuadorean government has covertly granted these mining concessions to multinational mining companies from China, Australia, Canada, and Chile, amongst others.

They all saw beyond the illusions created by this current 'Everyone for themselves Capitalism on Steroids'. They did and they do good for the sake of, well, doing good!

Our democracy is already badly eroded under Trump and his confidence in his ability to grab what he wants is either met by serious nonviolent resistance or he may well pull it off.

If democracy isn’t participatory it isn’t decent democracy.

America has become Amerika... one big mart of corruption and predatory corporate Capitalism.

As with the needless sacrifice of our young Amerikans during Vietnam, ditto for the use of them again in these Middle Eastern 'phony wars'. 

The pandemic has made us more prepared and strengthened the healthcare system against any future global crises.

“I made a list of the top 25 planks of Trump’s platform. Did I miss any?”