She taught us how to live and how to die, eventually living life on her terms.

Out of love for Israeli Jews and the Arabs of the region, we Americans need to apply some tough love for Israel.

If the Israelis can remember the ways of Yahweh, and make peace with the Palestinians, that would be the best.

Only fairness, prosperity, peace work. Anything else will compromise its beneficiaries in trying to uphold it, and will still fail.

The two big shortfalls of WesternCivilization--racism and "subdue the earth,"--tore across the American continent. But there's hope.

Good results take time-- in personal health and the work of the mind, and for nations regarding peace.

Notes: The idea of allowing an invading army in to your country, and not fighting, but loving them right back home, over time, came from Daniel Berrigan.

Natural therapies, nutrition--organic, locally-sourced, a lesser impact on the planet. Exercise, community, sex, (and that coming from a conservative Catholic!), love, marriage, kids.

I ran into old friends who wouldn't leave, and I felt I'm making progress. North America is one interconnected place. every life matters. Skin color of US americans doesn't matter. Change is normal and good. Let's get comfortable with the nation and region that we are.

Authentic speech--that is, backed by your life, lives by "a little goes a long way."