We’re all just walking each other home
by Linda Taylor, reprinted from the Huffington Post. We’ve just heard that Jesus and the disciples were turned away from a Samaritan village where they may have expected to be welcomed.…
Political conversations: start with the living room and one day it can perhaps move to the dinner table?
by Veronica Chin, reprinted from the Huffington Post. I always considered myself a pacifist, or at least not an agitator. But thanks to a Living Room Conversation I participated in a…
What if our political opposite isn’t (actually) the devil . . . what then?
by Jacob Z. Hess, Partner, Living Room Conversations. Reprinted from the Huffington Post Credit: Bonch Gurevich It used to be that friends and acquaintances were mystified at my interest in liberal-conservative dialogue…
Humanization is the solution
by Katie Page. Reprinted from The Huffington Post I am angry. The events of past weeks, months and yes, years angers me. It is centuries of violence and hate. I hear…
How can we unite if we don’t even understand each other?
by Jacob Z. Hess, Partner, Living Room Conversations. Reprinted from The Huffington Post It’s been a rough month in America. From Orlando to Dallas, from Louisiana to Minnesota, the bloodshed has been…
Two pacifists go to a shooting range
by Mary Gaylord. Reprinted from The Huffington Post It took me by surprise when my hippie-liberal-pacifist friend called and asked if I’d go to a shooting range with her. She’d received a…
What is the future we want on nuclear weapons?
The future of America's nuclear arsenal goes beyond presidential politics. It's a conversation that all Americans need to be a part of. by Joan Blades. Reprinted from the Christian Science Monitor…
Russians, republicans, and democrats
by Mary Gaylord. Reprinted from The Daily Camera. Last week I went out with three girlfriends to enjoy some beer at a local brewpub. One woman I know quite well, the…
On his way out, holder goes big on asset forfeiture
The outgoing AG makes a huge play to reform our scandalous asset forfeiture laws. But even so, it’s just a start. Congress needs to act. by Joan Blades and Matt…
Are police stealing people’s property?
Our asset forfeiture laws are a mess, and they’re letting cops confiscate property. Left and right ought to agree on this one. by Joan Blades and Matt Kibbe. Reprinted from The…