Editor’s comment: In celebration of graduation season, here are nine graduation addresses collected and published by Vonnegut friend, Dan Wakefield. Reader be reminded that Vonnegut was an outrageous figure, a...
"We Must Have Patience" - by Martin Luther King [more] "We must have patience. We must be willing to understand why many young nations have to pass through the same...
Excerpt from "Take New Year One Day at a Time" by Dear Abby [more] "Just for today, I will live through this day only, and not set far-reaching goals to...
By Mother Teresa [more] "Let us not be satisfied with giving just money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So,...
By JJ Dewey [more] "When the initiating cause is love in the direction of another human being, we then have the effect (karma) of love coming back to us from...
"If wishes were [more] horses then beggars would ride, on clouds of white stallions with bright fiery eyes, chasing dreams of tomorrow into yesterday's skies." Written by Mason Williams
"Happiness is [more] neither the virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing." Written by William Butler Yeats
"Being Safe Places for Others" by Henri J. M. Nouwen [more] "When we are free from the need to judge or condemn, we can become safe places for people to...
An excerpt from the poem "Desideratta" by Max Ehrmann [more] "With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."
by Isabel Wilkerson Book Link Editor’s Note: Wilkerson is a first time book writer but a Pulitzer Prize winning feature writer for the New York Times. This epic non-fiction work...
Editor’s Note: This article’s surprise for me is that most of the world’s poorest people don’t live in the poorest countries. Does this mean sending aid to autocrats that never...
Editor’s Note: The Rastafarian thing always threw me off (religion in which Hailee Salasee was considered the Almighty) but I’ve enjoyed a number of Marley’s pieces, particularly this and Redemption...
Risk and reward is the basis of all successful financial systems so the US government must not intervene in such a way as to put that system out of balance. ...