Thursday, December 03 2009 04:07:36 PM President Obama’s address to a global television audience Tuesday night about his intent to send 30,000 new troops to Afghanistan was a sobering

Tuesday, November 24 2009 09:56:06 PM Whither the role of religion and spirituality in the current roiling cultural soup that is America today? The Obama grass roots revolution of progressive

Wednesday, October 28 2009 11:54:48 PM “Usury” is an old-fashioned word, and not by accident. It has been virtually stripped from the English language in the last 60 years for

Wednesday, October 21 2009 07:16:46 PM Many readers over the years have asked me to put a name on what I stand for in terms of philosophy and public policy. While being reluctant to be pinned

Wednesday, October 14 2009 07:54:25 PM It is surprising that so few progressives mortified by the aggressive assault tactics of the embittered right wing in America seem to appreciate the

Friday, October 09 2009 03:46:55 PM As the official U.S. unemployment number approaches 10 percent, the ravaged economy is veering toward its much-feared “second dip” associated