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Rise Up Indy – Local Environmentalism
Over the past five or six years I have been truly blessed to have met, and gotten to know and become friends with so many different people in the Indianapolis activist community. I think of the expression, they “feed my … Continue reading
Challenged on Democracy
I appreciate some friends of mine arguing that this election was not, as I recently wrote, what democracy looks like. They point out that Hilary Clinton won the popular vote. According to CNN, voter turnout was at a 20 year … Continue reading
The Peacemaker
I’d like to share the story below from Tim Corcoran’s Facebook post. This is what I was trying to say yesterday. Things change when one becomes responsible for a situation. http://www.digitalwampum.org/the-peacemaker–the-tadadaho It’s the story of how a man – the Peacemaker … Continue reading
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
From all that I have been reading online, I imagine this will be an unpopular post. A chant we often use during street marches and protests is “this is what democracy looks like.” Tuesday’s election is also what democracy looks … Continue reading
Faith and Politics
“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Mark 12:17 Governments are institutions created by men and women to provide a legal framework for how the society they live in functions. As we … Continue reading
The Unknown
While I am surprised at the election of Donald Trump, I’m not shocked. I just hadn’t realized how deep and widespread the anger toward the political establishment went. We had a premonition of this with his surprising capture of the … Continue reading
The Real Goal of #NoDAPL
Although this link is to an article that talks about being an effective ally while at Standing Rock, it makes some important general points, the main one being that the ultimate goal is not to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline, … Continue reading
Driverless Cars – Autonomous Vehicles
“If we don’t cease to exploit our physical environment and embark on its restoration, our biology will not only pass away but we will appear, to whatever chroniclers take an interest in us, to have been people who either had … Continue reading
Teach Your Children
We live in, and are moving into even more chaotic times. So many of the systems, institutions, ideas, social norms, ways of communicating, and means of making a living have changed dramatically in a short time. Many are expressing this … Continue reading
Who’s Banking DAPL?
Last night the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) presented the financial picture for the $2.5 billion loan for the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The four main banks involved are listed below. The figure “Who’s Banking Against the Sioux?” was … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 