“The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” – Albert Einstein   “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.” – Elie Wiesel Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust…

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. – Anne Frank Annelies( Anne) Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945) was a German born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim.…

“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.” Dante Alighieri  Dante Alighieri (May 1265 – September 14, 1321) was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.…

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility… its stupidity.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower  Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States serving from 1953 to 1961. Earlier, during World War II, he became a General of the…

  We have guided missiles and misguided men.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.   These weapons are now being employed in the Middle East, and it is being debated who is ultimately responsible.  The question of who is to be blamed will be argued ad infinitum.  If the world lasts that long.  BE AFRAID.  

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?” – The Mahatma Gandhi  In light of the darkness occurring among nations in this world, especially in the last few days, I offer…

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist   Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist   Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not…

 “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” — Albert Camus A true friend is one who always has our back, but does not judge us.  Seasons Greetings and Merry Christmas, Beloved Friends! May love and laughter…

 “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” — Albert Camus A true friend is one who always has our back, but does not judge us.  Seasons Greetings and Merry Christmas, Beloved Friends! May love and laughter…

The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have someone write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. -Milan Kundera  Milan Kundera ( 1 April 1929…