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Seeking Better Solutions

When I look at the line-up of articles this month, I’m reminded that Truth is complex. The best solutions to…

Queries from Afghanistan

The war between 72 nations has left all in regret. Because they have not seen truth, they have created fairy…

Peacemonger: Stories form the Cold War in Berlin

Reaching the advanced age of 77 gives one leave to reminisce. I have been privileged to love and be loved.…

Traveling in Turkey

I. Turkish Countryside, December 2000 Minarets point past Greek, Roman, Christian ruins, across dry landscapes. Sun-leathered farmers till small fields,…

U.S. Exceptionalism vs. Human Solidarity

The attack of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon has generated a range of responses…

To Friends Journal Readers: A Response

I am grateful to have been able to follow the debate over my remarks that were printed in Friends Journal…

Imagining the Impossible

When I came upon a book about a nonviolent Islamic warrior from the Afghan border (Nonviolent Soldier of Islam, by…

Pioneering the Possibilities

Recognition of the true nature of the world’s physical and spiritual problems requires the awareness of both where we are,…

Visit to Vietnam

On December 11, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke these words: "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and…

The Coffee Crisis and Fair Trade

As economic globalization has accelerated in recent years, and its negative impacts have become more apparent, Friends have been called…

A Promise to Aiyat

I spent a good part of the summer of 2000 living in Iraq. After a first visit in early June,…

A Response to September Eleventh

As a Quaker, a pacifist, and one of the 9 percent of U.S. citizens who dissent from our country’s current…
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