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I have a deep belief in participatory democracy, the value of ordinary people and finding a path to a sustainable future. I also understand the immediacy or the need for significant action to save democracy and our sustainable future on this planet. Author, writer, video blogger and retired educator and empowerment consultant. OpEd News Member for 698 week(s) and 0 day(s) 144 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 245 Comments, 0 Diaries, 2 Series, 0 Polls
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![]() Memorial Day 2025 Considering the connection of sacrifice for a purpose and the importance of democracy to this nation. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views), Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views) ![]()
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![]() Mother's Day-2025 Time to celebrate life, its sources, relationships, family and life itself. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views)
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![]() Regaining Balance: Reclaiming Democracy A description of the present turmoil and how citizens can respond to take back our democracy. ![]()
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![]() A New King Crowned A view of the world from a bard. Is this an echo of what we are hearing now? Series: Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views), Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views) ![]()
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![]() Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King, Donald Trump Looking at the changes in direction from the days of Marlin Luther King and Jimmy Carter, makes us need to look at how we can continue to have our voices heard. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views), Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views) ![]()
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![]() January 6th, 2021 This article tracing the adversarial relationship between the American economic elite and the democratizing elements in our nation. The autocratic regime of Donald Trump will be the culmination of that battle. Guess who won? Series: Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views), Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views) ![]()
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![]() The New Year 2025 The new year will be full of change. We will need to decide how we will respond as citizens and as human beings. Series: Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views), Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views) ![]()
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![]() Christmas 2024 How to celebrate Christmas in the midst of the modern turmoil. Series: Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views), Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views) ![]()
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![]() What is Christmas Without Human Kindness? What is happening in Gaza in this Christmas season is inhuman and hardly understandable from the perspective of our American humanitarian heritage. Series: Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views), Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views) ![]()
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![]() Winter Solstice - 2024 It is time to stop and think about what the Winter Solstice represents and to take the time to call upon our own resilience. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views), Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views) ![]()
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![]() Thaksgiving 2024 This Thanksgiving in relationship to our past history. Series: Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views), Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views) ![]()
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![]() The Quiet Coup: Revisiting the JFK Assassination Tracing the return to power of the American economic elite, especially after the assassination of JFK, but culminating with the election of Donald Trump. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views), Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views) ![]()
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![]() New Realities, New Directions: American Political Dynamics Identifying our new political realities and suggesting a means of responding effectively. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views), Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views) ![]()
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![]() The Morning After the Election Dealing with what is likely to happen after the election and what is likely to happen under the new Trump administration. A new opportunity to become active, empowered citizens in our American democracy. Series: Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views), Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views) ![]()
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![]() Could Harris Deliver the October Surprise America Needs? How this election has been stuck due to ignoring the elephant in the room, Gaza, how to change everything by having the courage to break with the past and show real political courage. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views), Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views) ![]()
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![]() Action or Inaction: The American Political Crossroads The risk of inaction or simple reaction when the integrity of the electoral process is at stake is too great to leave to chance. We need action on the highest level to protect the electoral process against manipulation. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views), Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views) ![]()
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![]() Crunch Time: Election 2014 Crunch time is here and we will have to decide the future direction of this nation. Series: Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views), Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views) ![]()
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![]() Me and Garrison Keillor Garrison Keillor and I are contemporaries in many ways from our Minnesota upbringing to our desire to be writers. However the final results are considerably different for the two of us. Series: Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views), Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views) ![]()
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![]() Uncle Ed: On Gaza A look at the situation in Gaza from the perspective of an ordinary American. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views), Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views) ![]()
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![]() The Democrats and Chicago Again: American Political Dynamics Will the Democrats find a way to navigate the choppy foreign affairs waters to be successful in the upcoming election. Series: Sustainable Sanity (96 Articles, 148382 views), Democracy in America (128 Articles, 178175 views) |