Our guest today is Richard Falk - an international law and international relations scholar who taught at Princeton University for forty years. Since 2002 he has lived in Santa Barbara, California, and taught at the local campus of the University of California in Global and International Studies … Read more about Richard Falk on War, Water and The Wolf of Wall Street
Maybe the Mayans Weren’t Wrong
In all of the hub-bub surrounding the Mayan apocalypse that came and went without incident, it was tough to resist the funny one-liner on Facebook and Twitter. We have become so calloused against the doomsday predictions that have fueled the religious airwaves, TV broadcasts and book sales of the … Read more about Maybe the Mayans Weren’t Wrong
The Pornography of Fundamentalism
- by Bo Sanders Normally I try to be as generous, welcoming and irenic as possible. One of my favorite slogans actually comes from my venerable partner Tripp Fuller at Big Tent 1 when he said that the ‘tent’ should be big enough for every former incarnation of ourself ... but I was never a … Read more about The Pornography of Fundamentalism
Mitt Romney started in the middle
Republican (presumptive) nominee Mitt Romney got in some hot water this week in a visit to Israel. He told Jewish donors Monday that their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the Palestinians, outraging Palestinian leaders who suggested his comments … Read more about Mitt Romney started in the middle
Initiating Peace in Palestine
During the Advent season, my cousin Tim Palmer, college minister at Aldersgate United Methodist (and a pretty talented songwriter) in Abilene, Texas launched 'The Bethlehem Initiative'. The idea was simple: sell rad t-shirts to raise money benefiting Combatants for Peace. The organic t-shirts were … Read more about Initiating Peace in Palestine