Doing right
I have written several times about the Golden Rule, an idea that appears in slightly different forms in almost all ethical traditions. After one of … Read more
Community
No Kings Day Demonstration 2
I attended a No Kings 2.0 Rally yesterday in Tucson, at River and La Entrada, one of several in Tucson and the surrounding area. More … Read more
Haiku on the theme of “Belonging”
For the sixth consecutive year, the Downtown Tucson Partnership together with the University of Arizona Poetry Center are sponsoring a “Haiku Hike” literary competition. For … Read more
“Paul here”
How I miss hearing those words. That was the way my friend Paul always answered the phone. He died recently after a long bout of … Read more
Costermonger times
I recently came across a passage from Shakespeare’s play “Henry IV, part 2” that offers a wise commentary on life today. Falstaff is speaking: “Virtue … Read more
The intimacy of commerce
Intimacy, the connection of one person with another, is an antidote to the alienation that is epidemic in our society and to the growing tendency … Read more