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Dear President Obama: Stop the War in Afghanistan
By
Brian McLaren
I am a loyal supporter of your presidency. I worked hard in the campaign and have never been as proud of my country as I was when we elected you. I’m writing to ask you to find another way ahead in Afghanistan. I wrote a similar letter to President Bush when he was preparing for…
Praying for Peace (is not as easy as it sounds)
By
Paul Raushenbush
Praying for peace is not as easy as it sounds. Praying for peace requires two separate but related beliefs. The first belief is that prayer ‘works’ and that our meditations and/or petitions to God can affect the material world and can change our individual and collective lives. The second conviction is that peace is worthy of the effort…
A Memorial Day Salute to my Partner’s Father
By
Paul Raushenbush
John Glenn Gooch’s military stone had only recently been placed in the cemetery when we arrived to plant flowers to honor him this Memorial Day weekend. Glenn died this winter and is now buried near the town where he arrived in America from Wales at the age of six. An American by choice, Glenn served…
Obama’s Mistaken Middle East Peace Strategy or No More Negotiations to Nowhere!
By
Michael Lerner
While doves in the American Jewish community are lining up to support President Obama in his supposed confrontation with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, the hard-nosed supporters of the Occupation can sigh with relief. Nothing proposed by Obama is likely to change the realities on the ground in the West Bank. Obama’s insistence that negotiations begin…
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