This seems simple but sometimes the simplest solutions are the hardest. Integration is not easy – whether it is social, religious or personal. It is easy to be divided – it is hard to be united.
Read MoreThe realization of one’s potential, that self-confidence, the trust in yourself is the tipping point to a safer, more secure and stable, prosperous world. But it is up to each of us, in our small way, to foster that tipping point.
Read MoreThat is where the people come into the equation. They must be on the front lines of protecting those that can’t protect themselves. They are the ones having to remind our lawmakers what cruelty is. They are the ones who give selflessly of their time, their pocket books and their emotions.
Read MoreEven though we can’t always foresee the dangers that lie ahead there are many times that we can. As the great Roman, Marcus Aurelius said, “[l]ook back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.”
Read MoreTerrorism, climate change, social injustice, and economic uncertainty are just a handful of the challenges the world is confronting. Global issues are no longer something that can be ignored. Isolationism is no longer an option.
Read MoreBut trying to protect the sanctity of a party whose sanctity is based on a political philosophy that doesn’t represent a majority of Americans isn’t an issue reserved just for Republicans, it is a systematic problem that holds true for Democrats as well.
Read MoreDemocracy. It is considered the ideal way of governing, a pathway to freedom – politically, spiritually and economically. It is the rallying cry for new and developing countries around the world. But even though it is fraught with corruption, greed, racism, apathy and anger - all other forms of government have been tested and have failed.
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