Does Hate Feed Tragedy? by Bob Henderson Because you’re reading this, I suspect you are emotional about loving your country. I know I am. So for the next few minutes, let’s focus on several recent events in the news and try to recall the emotions we felt when we first saw or heard of them. […]

For decades, Richard Wilkinson has studied the social effects of income inequality and how social forces affect health. In The Spirit Level, a book coauthored with Kate Pickett, he lays out reams of statistical evidence that, among developed countries, societies that are more equal – with a smaller income gap between rich and poor — […]

I received the following email today. While it is satire I don’t think it is an unlikely thought. I bet one of their young investment bankers at Goldman Sachs are already coming up with ideas to maximize their profits on some event relative to the Occupy Movement. This is what they do. They do not […]

The Iraq War is finally ending and our troops are coming home. After nine years of sacrifice from our men and women in uniform, Iraq is a stable and independent democracy. Now that the Iraqis are able to protect their people and run a government, President Obama is bringing our troops home to their families […]