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THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD ORDER
As with resistance domestically, the nations of the world need to militantly stand united against Trump's insane yen for power and control.
 • Joe Chuman
IN THESE BRUTAL TIMES WE NEED TO EMBRACE THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS
Our public language has grown harsh and self-righteous. It cleaves us apart. We need to rediscover a softer vocabulary that recognizes the humanity of…
 • Joe Chuman
NOW IS THE TIME TO PROMOTE THE SECOND BILL OF RIGHTS
In 1944 President Franklin Roosevelt called for the creation of a Second Bill of Rights guaranteeing economic entitlements and security for all…
 • Joe Chuman
FROM UNIVERSALISM TO TRIBALISM TO HATRED OF THE OTHER
The assault on democracy, science, truth, reason, and the rise of tribalism and authoritarianism are not new. It is lodged in a revolt against modernity…
 • Joe Chuman
THANKSGIVING AND GIVING THANKS
It is Thanksgiving day. I have taken the liberty of publishing an essay I wrote two years ago. It is one I especially like, and my feelings then I still…
 • Joe Chuman
ACHIEVING OUR COUNTRY: LEFTIST THOUGHT IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA – by Richard Rorty, a review
A noted philosopher foresaw the perils of identity politics, the despair wrought by globalization, and the emergence of a demagogue.
 • Joe Chuman
WE NEED TO BECOME RE-ENCHANTED WITH DEMOCRACY AND ITS IDEALS
I write this essay in the aftermath of the surprising Democratic gubernatorial victories in Virginia and my own state of New Jersey.
 • Joe Chuman
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