Tag: freedom

Universities and college towns and cities need to stand in solidarity with Columbia

March 15, 2025

We have a four-alarm fire for higher education. President Trump is abusing Columbia University. As the son of an English professor and a college adviser, an award-winning teacher and engaged scholar at a major university, a resident of a college town, and someone who’s held leadership in NGO’s and elected and appointed office for ten … More Universities and college towns and cities need to stand in solidarity with Columbia

We fight for freedom. The Christo-fascists want to steal it.

October 27, 2024

My community is ground zero in the fight for America’s future. We affectionately call our home “Happy Valley.” It surrounds Penn State University (where I work). A blue dot in the middle of red counties, we believe in the promise of a democratic republic rooted in freedom, individual dignity, environmental integrity, innovation, and equal opportunity. … More We fight for freedom. The Christo-fascists want to steal it.

The great warning: Those closest to Trump are not voting for him.

October 23, 2024

We are now under two weeks until Election Day 2024. With Donald Trump seeking office a second time, citizens should understand that Trump’s own cabinet and a swath of staunch Republicans oppose him. For those RepublIcans who revere the Constitution and believe in the rule of law–folks who supported Nikki Haley but worry about Kamala … More The great warning: Those closest to Trump are not voting for him.

Memorial Day

May 31, 2018

Memorial Day Families gather at the cemetery to honor fallen soldiers as the Governor recollects the Preamble’s invocation of a more perfect union, America’s freedom and her might. Out there in the periphery, the place my effete neighbors call Nowhere or Hicksville a child shudders in her mothers’ arms, nose bleeding and head pounding with … More Memorial Day

We will not give our wrists up easily to unjust laws. This is our lunch counter moment.

January 30, 2017

I was proud to join the 100s who rallied at Penn State’s gates for love and compassion on Sunday. We oppose Donald Trump’s ban on people from Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and Libya. We oppose a decision that consigns thousands of people to the hands of ISIS/ISIL. We oppose it because it throws … More We will not give our wrists up easily to unjust laws. This is our lunch counter moment.

Is resisting Donald Trump our lunch counter sit-in moment? Would you join us?

September 12, 2016

[Updated today, 9.12.2016, in light of recent reports about the white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and Alt-Right folks supporting Trump.] “Love is understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. When it becomes a great and powerful love, it becomes a demanding love which demands justice. It becomes a love which says in substance, ‘You are your brother’s keeper. … More Is resisting Donald Trump our lunch counter sit-in moment? Would you join us?

No walls

November 24, 2015

Do you remember the exhilaration of watching the Berlin Wall fall? Do you remember those moments when you felt as though the people behind the Iron Curtain would be free to speak their minds? To sing as they wished? To assemble and worship in a new free world? Do you remember they’d be free to … More No walls