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rev. charles brock
Brock Institute for Mega Issues, JES Board of Trustees
issues in the news white supremacy & christian nationalism-5/15/2023
Diane Chido
Guest Writer
the wider world world on the move-9/19/2023
the wider world prigozhin may be dead, but wagner lives on-9/5/2023
the wider world struggles in the horn of africa-8/22/2023
the wider world niger visited after military coup-8/8/2023
the wider world the land of azawad-7/25/2023
the wider world sub-saharan africa: defining the sahel and its importance-7/12/2023
THE WIDER WORLD THE COUP THAT FLEW THE COOP-6/27/2023
the wider world demographic crises and global conflict-6/13/2023
the wider world what's in a name?-5/30/2023
THE WIDER WORLD: IS CORRUPTION LIKE PORNOGRAPHY? DO WE KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE IT?-5/16/2023
THE WIDER WORLD: WOMEN PLAY CRITICAL ROLES IN PEACE AND CONFLICT-5/3/2023
the wider world israel: constant clash of interests-4/18/2023
THE WIDER WORLD: SPOTLIGHT TURNS TO GLOBAL AFFAIRS IN NEW SERIES-4/4/2023
JOHNNY JOHNSOn
JES Board of Trustees Member, Guest Writer
women's history month Examining the Lives of Six Erie Heroines-3/17/2023
dr. chris magoc, johnny johnson, & melinda meyer
A Shared Heritage, Guest Writers
Vosburghs: One of Earliest, Most Influential Families-7/13/2022
A SHARED HERITAGE James Justice: Erie’s Forgotten Singer, Actor, Composer-5/6/2022
laura reeck, ph.d.
Allegheny College Professor, Guest Writer
REFUGEES: IN THEIR OWN WORDS Life Stories Amplify Voices of Refugees (Part Four) 6/27/2022
REFUGEES: IN THEIR OWN WORDS Son, Mom Fled Congo, Moved through Uganda (Part Three) 6/23/2022
REFUGEES: IN THEIR OWN WORDS Pennsylvania, Erie Attract Bhutanese Refugees (Part Two) 6/22/2022
debbie deangelo
Health and Wellness Expert, Guest Writer
be well to be hangry or not to be hangry: that is the question-9/18/2023
be well champing at the bit to halt the charley horse-9/5/2023
be well want to be more flexible? focus on your fascia-8/21/2023
be well sporting the perfect shades-8/7/2023
be well cottage cheese: the comeback kid-7/17/2023
be well how to halt fatty liver disease-7/3/2023
be well chew on this...don't ditch the carbs!-6/19/2023
BE WELL: SOOTHE YOUR ACHING SINUSES - 6/5/2023
BE WELL: GO AHEAD, REQUEST THOSE LAB TESTS-5/22/2023
BE WELL: STARVING THE TEMPTATION TO OVEREAT-5/8/2023
BE WELL: HOW TO PREVENT PLANTAR FACIITIS- 4/17/2023
BE WELL: SURPRISING REASONS WHY YOUR BACK HURTS- 4/3/2023
BE WELL: SOOTHE YOUR STOMACH...FROM TOP TO BOTTOM-3/6/2023
be well: dip into the best olive oil- 2/20/2023
be well: how do you measure up?-2/6/2023
be well: time for a tune-up?-1/9/2023
be well: rekindle your spark in the new year-12/26/2022
be well: heed the call of the cell phones' dirty little secret-12/19/2022
be well: How to Handle the Holidays with Relative Success- 12/12/2022
be well: How healthy is your home? 11/21/2022
be well: Mediterranean eating for beginners 11/7/2022
BE WELL: POWER DOWN AFTER DAY AT WORK - 10/24/2022
BE WELL: TICK-TOCK … LISTEN TO YOUR BODY CLOCK!- 10/11/2022
BE WELL: KEEP CALM … AND DON’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY- 9/27/2022
be well: how to create a cozy sleep sanctuary- 9/12/2022
BE WELL: Live Your Life and Forget Your Age- 8/22/2022
be well: 'oh, my aching muscles!' -8/3/2022
BE WELL: What Happens in Vagus … 7/19/2022
BE WELL: LASTBORN: LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST- 7/5/2022
BE WELL: BIRTH ORDER: STUCK IN THE MIDDLE- 6/20/2022
BE WELL: THE PERKS AND PERILS OF BEING NUMERO UNO- 6/6/2022
parris J. baker, PH.D.
Jefferson Scholar-in-Residence
truth in love dangerous is not diagnostic: warning required for natural disasters, Trump-9/26/2023
truth in love malignant normality: white men in leadership refuse to change-8/29/2023
truth in love america: 'you can't handle the truth!'-8/15/2023
truth in love the content of our character-8/4/2023
truth in love adversity has always been an ally of african americans-8/2/2023
truth in love broken people, not a broken system: was democracy designed to fail?-6/20/2023
Truth in Love: Deaths and Necropolitics - 6/6/2023
TRUTH IN LOVE: THE MAKING OF COOKIE-CUTTER CITIZENS-5/23/2023
TRUTH IN LOVE: CONFRONTING THE CULTURE OF CONTEMPT-5/9/2023
TRUTH IN LOVE: HOW TO CONDUCT CULTURALLY CONSCIOUS CONVERSATIONS-4/25/2023
TRUTH IN LOVE: BRIDGING THE DIVERSITY GAP-4/11/2023
TRUTH IN LOVE: WORDS REALLY DO MATTER: SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY- 3/21/2023
TRUTH IN LOVE: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: AMERICA'S SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH- 2/21/2023
TRUTH IN LOVE: PAIN IS PROGRESS- 2/17/2023
TRUTH IN LOVE: TIME LIFE’S IRRETRIEVABLE CURRENCY- 10/7/2022
TRUTH IN LOVE: ELIJAH’S LIFE MATTERS- 9/30/2022
TRUTH IN LOVE: WHO HAS AN ANSWER?- 9/22/2022
TRUTH IN LOVE: PUT SOME RESPECT ON MY NAME- 9/9/2022
TRUTH IN LOVE: AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES FACE DILEMMA OF COOL POSE AND TOXIC MASCULINITY- 9/6/2022
TRUTH IN LOVE: Ecology of Tornadoes and Community Violence-8/19/2022
TRUTH IN LOVE: Everybody, Pick Up Your Piece of the Puzzle -8/12/2022
TRUTH IN LOVE: African Americans Can't Stay Silent Amid Violence in Black Communities-8/8/2022
hard in the paint: Understanding African American Father Identity 6/20/2022
IN THE WAKE OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING-DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE AND A DECAYING DEMOCRACY-5/31/2022
TRUTH IN LOVE: HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY (PART TWO)- 4/26/2022
TRUTH IN LOVE: JEFFERSON SCHOLAR BAKER BRINGS NEW PERSPECTIVE TO ISSUES - 4/15/2022
court gould, m.p.a.
Sustainable Solutions Consultant
GETTING BACK TO BASICS – SMALL STUFF MATTERS IN ERIE’S COMPETITION FOR RESIDENTS - 01/21/2022
How to Put Equitable Development to Work for Erie, Pennsylvania - 12/04/2021
Erie Region Should Take Fresh Look at CBAs to Benefit Developers, Communities Alike - 06/21/2021
CARING FOR ERIE'S ECONOMY: CHILDCARE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- 7/23/2021
Erie's diversity is the path to prosperity: tackling the teacher-to-student mismatch- 9/24/2021
Pawel Paserbiak
Economist, Guest Writer
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE - 3/25/2022
Larry Flatley, J.D.
Jefferson Speaker, Guest Writer
COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS A TEACHABLE MOMENT ON NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY - 04/28/2020
al Lubiejewski, J.d. & Edward Robasky
Attorney and Radio Host Teacher and Genealogist
a look back at ERIE icons: a sanida safari - 01/14/2022
Judith Lynch, Ph.d.
Jefferson Scholar-in-Residence
ERIE’S BATTLE WITH TUBERCULOSIS: HOW IT WAS WON - 04/22/2020
FORMIDABLE ERIE COUNTY WOMEN: ELIZABETH BATTLES - 05/01/2020
MARX TOY COMPANY: BORN IN THE DEPRESSION AND KILLED BY OVERSEAS COMPETITION - 05/15/2020
America, Erie Region Celebrate Memorial Day's Message - 05/22/2020
Ainsworth to Tailored Pet Nutrition: Pluck, Resilience, and Risk-Taking - 06/16/2020
The History of Labor Day: Why We Should Celebrate the Origins and Importance - 09/07/2020
Early Women Leaders Reflect Nationwide Struggle - 10/01/2020
Women’s Political Strength Grows in Three Movements - 10/20/2020
Major Reforms Led to New County Government - 10/28/2020
More Barriers Tumbled as Savocchio Became Erie Mayor - 11/04/2020
Domitrovich Broke Judicial Glass Ceiling - 11/10/2020
Savocchio Broke One Glass Ceiling After Another - 11/17/2020
Brenda Pundt Made Mark as City Controller - 12/02/2020
David Frew, Ph.D.
Jefferson Scholar-in-Residence
On the Waterfront: How Does the Osprey Know? Earth Connections? - 04/20/2020
ON THE WATERFRONT: Pymatuning State Park: Where the Ducks Walk on the Fish - 04/29/2020
SHIP-SPOTTING 101: THINGS TO DO IN ERIE OR ELSEWHERE - 05/06/2020
THE EDMUND FITZGERALD, LIGHTFOOT, AND ME: 45th Anniversary of the Historic Shipwreck - 05/14/2020
ON THE WATERFRONT: WHERE DID LAKE ERIE'S BLUE PIKE GO? - 05/20/2020
Strong Estate: Bayfront Adventureland of the 1950s - 05/27/2020
Strange Headline from 1853: Submarine Sinks Offshore - 06/03/2020
Lake Erie Trawling: Problems with Rainbow Smelt - 06/10/2020
It's a small, small world: Crossley Net-Pullers, Fredrick Wakefield, and Tobermory - 06/17/2020
Ted Sprague: From Freeport to Carnegie Mellon, New Orleans, D-Day, and Back - 07/01/2020
Erie's Cascade Docks: An Unimaginable Transition - 07/17/2020
Salina: Old Salt Schooner Helped Win Battle of Lake Erie - 07/22/2020
Chestnut Pool: The Bay-Rat Country Club - 07/29/2020
Trinity Sunday: Don't Go Near the Water - 08/04/2020
The Gem Theater: Bay Rat High Culture - 08/12/2020
The North Channel: An Essential Field Trip - 08/19/2020
Brebner and Beckman: Ship Chandlers, Engineers, and Provisioners - 08/26/2020
Theological Underpinnings: Catholic Schools and Protestant Schools - 09/02/2020
Erie Was Once Freshwater Fishing Capital of the World - 09/09/2020
Dreamer: A Sailmaker’s Gift - 09/16/2020
Hoppy, Gene, Roy, and Mirages: Apparition or Science - 09/23/2020
ERIE’S FINNISH COMMUNITY: THE WATER PEOPLE - 09/30/2020
The Goosewood A Land Deal that Profoundly Changed Erie’s West Bayfront- 10/06/2020
Cascade Creek: Stream of Dreams - 10/23/2020
Bay Rat Athletics: Right Field Out - 10/27/2020
Cascade Creek Restoration - 11/03/2020
Bay-Rat Rhapsody: Riding the Bus to the Y - 11/11/2020
West Fourth Street Music Scene - 11/18/2020
Strong’s Pond: Mystery and Tragedy - 12/04/2020
Daniel Dobbins’ Three Favorites: Lady Washington, Salina, and Ohio - 12/08/2020
Neighborhood Bars and Clubs: Where Were Our Dads from 3:30 to 6? - 12/16/2020
Train Wars: American Flyer, Lionel, and Marx - 12/22/2020
Ozzie and Harriet Became My Academic Advisors - 12/29/2020
Crystal Set Creates a Monster: Radio Nights - 1/05/2021
The Ragman A Bay Rat Salvage Business - 1/12/2021
Finding the Forts: Schwinn Expands Our Territory - 1/26/2021
Bay Rat Refrigeration: The Iceman Cometh (With Apologies to Eugene O’Neil) - 2/02/2021
The Hardy Boys: Bay Rat Literature - 2/09/2021
The Mercer Boys: Psychological Roots of a Dream - 2/16/2021
mister peanut: annual neighborhood visitor - 2/23/2021
the park fountain: Perry Square Offers Free Family Fun - 3/2/2021
Air raids and bomb shelters: ‘Wholesome’ Childhood Images and Bad Dreams from the 1950s - 3/9/2021
Straight Arrow Cards: Bay Rats and Shredded Wheat - 3/16/2021
Gazing North from the Bluffs: Remembering Some Favorite Brantford Indians - 3/23/2021
The jewel tea man: bay rats had their own amazon prime, Starbucks - 3/30/2021
Bay Rat Marketing: Pour a Koehler Collar - 4/6/2021
Bay Rat Road Trips: Take Me Out to the Ball Game - 4/13/2021
The Tinker: Our Regular Neighborhood Visitor - 4/20/2021
The Fuller Brush Man Bay Rat Cleaning Tools - 4/28/2021
Field of American Dreams: From Italy to Baseball - 5/4/2021
THE DAY THE SUN DIED: SEPTEMBER 1950, ERIE’S PRO FOOTBALL TEAM, AND DOOMSDAY THEOLOGY - 6/1/2021
The Bello Family, Sailors’ Inn, and Spanish Flu - 6/8/2021
Boarders: A Bay-Rat Neighborhood Phenomenon - 6/15/2021
Frew Family Connections and Roots From Wilmington, Delaware to Erie's West Fourth Street - 6/22/2021
Bugging State Street: An Erie Rite of Passage - 6/29/2021
AMAZING ARMENIAN NEIGHBOR: DEAD FISH, CHICKEN FEATHERS, AND BUNNY POOP - 7/07/2021
Old friends?: niagara, Michigan, and a random frigate - 7/21/2021
Connections and Inspiration: From West Fourth Street to Polk State and L'Arche - 7/28/2021
Slick sleeve: bay rat hygiene lessons - 8/4/2021
zip codes & destiny: The west sixth street bridge - 8/11/2021
DDT and me: my mother should have known rachel carson - 8/18/2021
pool, booze, cards: remembering the modica social club - 8/25/2021
legacy of the tannenbaums: from the ragman to erie's skyscrapers to paca building - 9/1/2021
back to the birds: presque isle's ospreys- 9/8/2021
BAy rat holiday shopping: remembering Erie's 5 & 10 cent stores- 9/15/2021
ethnic enclaves: westerdahl's Swedish STORE- 9/22/2021
bay rat fashion accessories: shopping at the army surplus STORE- 9/29/2021
the cormorant: erie's newcomer shorebird- 10/6/2021
BAY RAT social media: rotary phones and party lines- 10/13/2021
WARNING SIGNS: SPECIAL BAY RAT INVITATIONS- 10/20/2021
CLASSIC RE-RUN: ERIE WAS ONCE FRESHWATER FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD- 11/3/2021
CLASSIC RE-RUN: STRONG ESTATE: BAYFRONT ADVENTURELAND OF THE 1950s- 11/10/2021
TWO KINDS OF HOTELS AND ACTIVE BAY RAT IMAGINATIONS- 11/17/2021
HORSE HEROES: COMINGS, GOINGS, BERINGIA, AND CLIMATE CHANGE- 12/1/2021
TARZAN SWINGS: RISKING LIFE AND LIMB AT THE BLUFFS- 12/8/2021
CASCADE PARK CLUB: GHOSTS, MEMORIES, EMPLOYMENT, AND COLLEGE- 12/15/2021
OLLIE AND THELMA BROWN: COUNTRY MUSIC, LOTS OF CHILDREN, AND A COMMUNIST PLOT- 12/22/2021
WELDING: NEIGHBORHOOD ALCHEMY, BAYFRONT DEVELOPMENT, AND SOCCER- 12/29/2021
WHO MOVED OUR CREEK?: A BAY RAT HISTORY MYSTERY- 1/5/2022
BAY RATS GAINED EARLY EDUCATION ON SPORTS FISHING- 1/12/2022
HOLY CITY: CHARLESTON, S.C. OR ERIE, P.A.- 1/19/2022
‘I Led Two Lives’: Confessions of a Bay Rat Heretic - 1/26/2022
Horsing Around: William Scott’s Racetrack in the Wilderness - 2/2/2022
THE BIG CHILL: A NEIGHBORHOOD GLACIER? - 2/16/2022
COMMUNIST MUSIC: OUR PARENTS TRIED TO WARN US- 2/23/2022
WATCHING WATER: BEFORE MINDFULNESS THERE WAS THE BAY- 3/2/2022
CROONING: MUSIC WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LIKE- 3/9/2022
Bay Rat Sweet Tooth Embraces Neighborhood Candy - 3/17/2022
Felizardos Store Rotting Young Minds - 3/23/2022
BAY RAT SHORT CUTS: THE AMERICAN ALLEYWAY - 3/30/2022
GIRLS VERSUS BOYS: WORD PUZZLES AND CHOCOLATE CAKE - 4/6/2022
THE ORPHANAGE: A NEIGHBORHOOD ENIGMA - 4/13/2022
OUR BIGGEST FRIENDS: NEIGHBORHOOD TREES - 4/20/2022
GHOSTS OF HOTELS, EXCURSION SHIPS, AND DANCEHALLS - 4/27/2022
POWER OF STORYTELLING: A GRANDMOTHER'S GIFT- 5/4/2022
GRIDLEY PARK: BAY RAT RETREAT WITH DOSE OF NAVAL HISTORY- 5/11/2022
ON THE WATERFRONT: EDDY FUSSADER, THE WEALTHY BARBER, BAY RAT STYLE- 5/20/2022
BAY RAT WINTER OLYMPICS: TOBOGGANS WERE FOR WIMPS-6/1/2022
On the Waterfront: Mysteries of the Boulevard Grand Entrance to Nothing- 6/8/2022
Reverence for Place: May 25 Jefferson Program Follow-up- 6/16/2022
On the Waterfront: Bucky, The Creature from Cascade Creek- 6/22/2022
The Iron Boats: Best Job I Never Took- (6/29/2022)
on the waterfront Feel the Earth Breathing: A Lesson from Portugal- 7/6/2022
on the waterfront White Rock: Bay Rat Fortress- 7/20/2022
on the waterfront The Penn Club: A Neighborhood Italian Society- 8/10/202
on the waterfront ‘Book ’Em, Danno’ A Familiar Neighborhood Face Appears on 'Hawaii Five-O'
on the waterfront 'i love lucy'- plus a field trip- 8/24/2022
ON THE WATERFRONT BAY RAT GEOGRAPHY: WHO PUT THE ROADS THERE?-8/31/2022
On the Waterfront Favorite Neighborhood Snack: Pepperoni Balls- 9/7/2022
on the waterfront parenting then and now: change is inevitable but not always good- 9/14/2022
On the Waterfront Discovering a Secret Submarine Bay Rats Become International Sleuths
On the Waterfront Ann B. Davis: Prodigy Defined-9/28/2022
on the waterfront the airport: A magical mystery tour- 10/5/2022
on the waterfront the places where we worked erie's canal-side industrial corridor-10/12
on the waterfront lou 'the toe': before kicking was king-11/29/2022
on the waterfront Sounds in the Night: Offshore Breezes, Rattling Leaves, Train Whistles
on the waterfront Erie’s Jerusalem Neighborhood: Where Did the Name Come from?-12/15/2022
on the waterfront 'kings for a day' visiting the west sixth street mansions- 12/22/2022
on the waterfront Country Roads From Rivers to Indian Trails, Railroads, and Highways-1/4/2023
on the waterfront Chasing Eugene O’Neill The Salesman’s Life-1/11/2023
on the waterfront Neighborhood Baseball: Amazing History and Tradition- 1/18/2023
On the Waterfront Bumper Hitching Recalling Bay Rats’ Popular, Dangerous Winter sport
on the waterfront andrew carnegie's gift: Erie won by losing 2/1/2023
on the waterfront sam jethroe rock star appearances at bayview field- 2/8/2023
on the waterfront lent: the agony of deprivation-2/15/2023
on the waterfront The Great Impostor Gannon College’s Brush with Cinematic Fame- 3/1/2023
on the waterfront big bertha Last Vestige of Erie’s Steam Legacy-3/8/2023
on the waterfront Folk Songs and Inflation Music Lessons from Woody Guthrie-3/15/2023
on the waterfront The Backwards-Forward Car Was Cooler Than We Knew-3/22/2023
on the waterfront Trading Cards We Should Have Been More Careful-3/29/2023
on the waterfront the extinction of the friday lent perch dinner A huge sacrifice?-4/5/2023
on the waterfront Alfred E. Newman: Bay Rat Spiritual Guru- 4/12/2023
on the waterfront the other niagara: green boats by the bay-4/19/2023
on the waterfront bay rat marketing: pour a koehler collar-5/3/2023
revisit on the waterfront the edmund fitzgerald, lightfoot, and me-5/10/2023
on the waterfront sad news follows me to california gordon lightfoot-5/17/2023
on the waterfront les paul & mary ford a 1950s musical bridge-5/24/2023
ON THE WATERFRONT: THANKSGIVING 1956 - 5/31/2023
ON THE WATERFRONT: HAMMERMILL PAPER - 6/7/2023
on the waterfront the front porch: 1950's social media-6/14/2023
on the waterfront swimming lessons: strange 1950s Customs-6/22/2023
on the waterfront mickey mouse club we were 'almost' too cool to watch, but not quite!-6/28/2023
on the waterfront 'killers of the flower moon'-7/5/2023
on the waterfront building a shipwreck exhibit -7/12/2023
on the waterfront shy club: bay rat dance pavilion-7/19/2023
on the waterfront smoking: it wasn't just for adults-7/26/2023
on the waterfront cigarettes, coupons, and canasta: the card table that killed grandma-8/2/2023
on the waterfront where did lake erie's blue pike go?-8/9/2023
on the waterfront erie was once fishing capital of the world-8/16/2023
on the waterfront back to the birds: presque isle's ospreys-8/23/2023
on the waterfront pool, booze, cards remembering the modica social club-8/31/2023
on the waterfront ge's erie works: some kids seemed 'lucky'-9/6/2023
on the waterfront robbie robertson: farewell and godspeed-9/13/2023
on the waterfront jack veiga: bay rat success story-9/20/2023
baher ghosheh, ph.d.
Jefferson Scholar-in-Residence
CAN NEW AMERICANS REVERSE ERIE’S POPULATION DECLINE? - 01/28/2022
tanya teglo, b.a.
Writer and Researcher
THE STORY OF AMADOU DIALLO- 2/25/2022
KING ARREST THRUST POLICE BRUTALITY INTO SPOTLIGHT- 2/18/2022
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: DISC JOCKEYS PLAY CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE- 2/11/2022
BLUES & JAZZ MUSICAL EVOLUTION AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION - 2/4/2022
Pat Cuneo, B.A.
Jefferson Publications Coordinator
1918 FLU EPIDEMIC STRUCK ERIE, NATION, WORLD - 03/26/2020
ERIE BUSINESSES AND COVID-19 - 04/14/2020
Global summit xii week one report - 05/15/2020
GLOBAL SUMMIT XIII RETROSPECTIVE - 11/19/2021
Jackson Janes, Ph.d.
Jefferson Global Summit IX Presenter
and Distinguished Visiting Speaker
Report from Europe: Impact and Reactions to COVID-19 - 04/06/2020
Rev. Dr. Charles Brock
Brock Institute for Mega Issues
BERNIE, JOE, and DONALD on RELIGION and POLITICS - 04/07/2020
Mystics for Skeptics - 04/21/2020
FRANCIS OF ASSISI: PATRON SAINT OF ECOLOGY - 04/28/2020
Bernard of Clairvaux: Mystical Interpreter of Love - 05/05/2020
Plato on Love and Mysticism - 05/12/2020
Mystics for Skeptics - Dalai Lama: A Mystic and Saint - 06/02/2020
Mystics for Skeptics On Trump, Mysticism, and the Power of Positive Thinking - 06/09/2020
Moses: The Mystic Prophet Like No Other - 06/23/2020
Jesus: Fulfilling the Mission of God - 06/30/2020
VISIONARY J.S. BACH PAINTED IN MUSIC AND RELIGION - 07/28/2020
Lao-Tse: 'When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be' - 08/05/2020
Mysticism of Buddha: Finding Nirvana Can Be Goal for the World - 08/11/2020
Poetry of Hafiz Resonates More Than 600 Years Later - 08/18/2020
Mysticism of Tutu: Tutu Works to Make Sure Faith Affects People, Politics - 08/25/2020
Lincoln’s Mysticism: He tried to link his will with God’s - 09/01/2020
D.H. Lawrence: Get Cracking with your Definition of God - 09/08/2020
John Adams: One of Few Presidents Open to Other Religions - 09/15/2020
Smarsh would not have made it without her ghost - 09/22/2020
Mysticism, Politics Are Central to Great American Hymns - 09/29/2020
Foreign Policy, American Narrative Linked - Part One - 10/14/2020
Foreign policy: The point is not just to compromise, but to appreciate others Part Two - 10/20/2020
mystics for skeptics: Jefferson and lincoln on good friday- 3/31/2021
MYSTICS for SKEPTICS: John Brown – Puritan Mystic - 6/30/2021
George W. Bush Remarks on 9/11 and 1/6 Enlighten National Conversation - 9/22/2021
RELIGION AND POLITICS: WASHINGTON, LINCOLN, AND THE POWER OF PROVIDENTIAL DEISM- 2/28/22
Is Ukraine Invasion a Holy War - 3/28/22
CULTURE WARS RAGE: A LOOK AT KEYS TO THE NEXT ELECTIONS - 4/4/22
MYSTICS AND SKEPTICS: PALM SUNDAY AND THE MISSION OF CHRIST - 4/8/22
CULTURE WARS KEY TO ELECTIONS: INFLUENCE PEDDLERS, CONGRESS STYMIE CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS- 4/11/22
