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Human, humanity and humane treatment

Posted on February 4, 2024

We have a slaughter under way in Gaza with the U.S. Congress now considering more aid to Israel. We have a humanitarian crisis at the border, not just with immigrants but with those trying to care for them. We have a continuing war in Ukraine with stalling on the part of some members of Congress. […]

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Please don’t let Russia bomb us, a child’s prayer

Posted on February 26, 2022February 27, 2022

The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces reminds me very much of the fear I had for the Russians as a child of the Cold War. I grew up near Kansas City, and several strategic military installations were nearby. My dad always thought we might be a ready target. I heard some of that I […]

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‘It is required of a man that he share the passion and action of his time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.” In the blog that follows I hope to live up to those words from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. This quote always appeared on my father's editorial page.

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Human, humanity and humane treatment

Please don’t let Russia bomb us, a child’s prayer