Why is it mostly boomers who show up at No Kings Day rallies? Where are all the college students? Why, when we old folks were college students, we were out there protesting the Viet Nam War. What is it with kids today? I’m told today’s youth has soured on peaceful...
No Kings Day 3 has come and gone. An estimated 8,000,000 people participated—we’ll never know the exact number—but the more important question is “what happens next?” I attended a smallish No Kings Day demonstration—one of seven in Westchester County, NY that...
Once again the United States is at war in the Middle East. This time it is a war initiated by a President who criticized his predecessors for having engaged in “endless” foreign wars and who campaigned on the promise that as President he would keep the United States...
Along with all Minnesotans and decent people everywhere, the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy grieves the senseless murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretti. We especially grieve for those who knew him best—his family, coworkers, and friends. Alex was executed in cold blood by...
It felt like 8℉ as we stood outside the White Plains Federal Courthouse. Everyone was chilled to the bone, and my gloves weren’t warm enough to allow me to keep holding up my protest sign. Eventually, I folded up my sign and kept my hands in my pockets for warmth....
