The New Black — by Ward Draper

The following text expresses the vulgarity of life on the edge of civility and order. It may offend; it may arouse anger. But be patient and reflect on the pain etched in these words. My desire is only to share the hurt, in its all its naked, violent nature. Falling...

Pathos and Prophecy — Abraham Heschel

Prophecy consists in the inspired communication of divine attitudes to the prophetic consciousness. The divine pathos is the ground-tone of all these attitudes. Echoed in almost every prophetic statement, pathos is the central category of the prophetic understanding...

“He who joyfully marches…” — Albert Einstein

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt.  He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command,...

The Olympics: A Call to Resistance — by David Diewert

Shared with permission from Streams of Justice: The Olympic Games constitute a key mechanism among a whole array of political and economic strategies for shaping our desires and leading us along in the relentless pursuit of comfort, security and power. It is a...

Jesus Christ: Arms Dealer — by Ward Draper

Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’? The woman said to the serpent, we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God...