Voices for Change

The recent election in Colombia has produced new hope for the country--and for the whole region.

It’s the age-old ruse of divide and rule. Let’s not fall for that anymore.

Rethugs corrupt politics as war,/ Sucker punching with doom, gloom and gore.

You want to measure economic success? Go to the kitchen tables of America.

For a guy who brags interminably about his self-evident genius — getting rich by building colossal, ritzy stuff— Trump’s historic significance is getting fully established: he is a uniter of odd bedfellows (against his excesses) and already the demolisher-in-chief, whether of his party or campaign.

While the incitement of anti-immigrant prejudice for political gain is shameful and socially explosive, it is certainly not new or uncommon in our country.

Whatever his motives, it is hard to imagine a worse impediment to the nation's security than a commander in chief who ignores and politicizes intelligence.

There are no short-cuts. We need strong and informed public criticism of health care abuses and a medical system largely free of corporate control.

To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.

“Humanity is never stationary." And it's only those who accept the very real possibility of dystopia that are the likely ones to carry out the self-sacrifice necessary for revolt.