Right To Play is a guest post by Naomi Shafer, the Executive Director of Clowns Without Borders – USA and appears here with permission. Please go to the original post to see photos and to learn more about CWB, an organization that brings laughter where it’s needed most. Human Rights When we think about human […]
Living in Place
Vermont’s Political Independence
VERMONT’S POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE Vermont has a reputation for its political independence. Vermont never voted for four-term president Franklin Delano Roosevelt; the Vermont legislature declared war on Germany on September 16, 1941, before Pearl Harbor; and the Vermont Senate voted to Impeach President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney in 2007. ONE PARTY RULE The […]
The Rise of Domestic Terrorism
Now that the election and all its distractions are over, perhaps we can turn our attention to the rise of domestic terrorism, which struck again the day after the election in Thousand Oaks, California. There have been over three hundred mass shootings in the United States so far this year, and the rate at which […]
HIAS, PITTSBURGH, BIRTHRIGHT & THE RULE OF LAW
HIAS, PITTSBURGH, BIRTHRIGHT & THE RULE OF LAW HOW HIAS HELPED MY FAMILY My father’s father came to the United States to avoid being drafted into the Czar’s army for a second time. He’d already served in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, and he feared being drafted again for World War I. By 1914, Jacob […]
Goodbye and Farewell
GOODBYE Dear Readers: This is my last post for Live to Write – Write to Live. It has been deeply gratifying to post my thoughts about the business and craft of writing here every other week for almost eight years. I have enjoyed sharing my knowledge, my successes and my challenges with you. And I’ve […]
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