World Peace on a Shoe-String Budget

 
             Working for world peace is not something that we men have thought much about. Conquering, dividing and colonizing other civilizations and neighborhoods have kept us mighty busy. And we’re very good at it. In fact, if there weren’t any women on the Olympic committee, pillaging and plundering would be Olympic sports.
But now there is [...]

The Great Divide

The Great Divide
If Evil Knievel tried to jump the economic chasm
      between the rich and the poor,
      he would end up in a puff of smoke
      at the bottom of the canyon where
      the middle class is being interred.
If Harry Houdini tried to break the shackles of oppression
      that tethers the underclass to earth’s crust,
      [...]

World Peace Demystified

        The term “world peace” has been batted around for decades by well-meaning and hard-working but often clueless dreamers living in a society whose leaders seem to aspire to the opposite. We’re all clueless dreamers of one degree or another, but there is something vague about the words “world peace” that brings out the head-scratching [...]

Welcome!

This is my first entry in my first weblog. Please read the “About” section for a more detailed description of this site. In the upcoming days and months I hope to get some original, illuminating and relevent discussions going on regarding whipping this planet into shape. Your patience is appreciated for I’m new to this blogging thing. [...]