- What Happened to America? WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA? by James C. Henderson t this point, I thought America would be farther along. I did. I really did. I was born in 1955 and grew up in a time when progress was not just a slogan but was being achieved. All the old mistakes, prejudices, and conceits were being swept […]
- This Is Not Sparta THIS IS NOT SPARTA by Scott Thompson nyone who has ever experienced the looming menace of a line of armored riot police advancing silently toward a street full of protesters knows that physical courage in the most ancient sense of the term is sometimes a necessity for activists. Power doesn’t much care for being defied, […]
- I don’t want to be a puppet on a string-we are all individual, creative natures! I DON’T WANT TO BE A PUPPET ON A STRING–WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL, CREATIVE NATURES! by Axel Pätzold Deep in my heart, I feel we are starting up into a time of “separating and rectifying spirits”– we are starting up into a time beyond manipulation, beyond misusing our power. Are the proclaimed values of the […]
- Loose in the World LOOSE IN THE WORLD by James C. Henderson When you’re laid off, the economy pulls over to the side of the road and asks you to get out. Left behind, you dare not speak of what has happened. When neighbors talk of taking vacations you say you’ve just been. When friends talk of moving into […]
- Occupy Spirituality OCCUPY SPIRITUALITY by Scott Thompson first heard about Occupy Wall Street on October 1, the day of the mass arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge. When MSNBC picked up the story, I turned to my wife, Cicely, and said, “I’ve been waiting for this my whole life. I wish we were in New York right now.” […]
- Hallucination HALLUCINATION by Athena M. Henderson Six ballerinas dance on the wall of my cell dance into my solitary confinement. Each has black hair pulled back, glossy. Each has fierce, brown eyes. The sashes around their waists are pink. White tulle flows around them as they pirouette across splashes of crimson, cobalt, and jade. Sitting on […]
- The Value of Democracy THE VALUE OF DEMOCRACY by Davis L. Gonzalez oe Biden sent me an email asking for $5, as if he were a co-worker of mine who absent-mindedly left his wallet at home. Apparently, there’s an election going on and no less than six states–North Carolina, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, and Pennsylvania–hang in the balance. According […]