Archive for Month: May 2025

Compassion or Aggression
“Compassion is not hereditable. It can and therefore must be taught. The teaching of compassion, the exercise of the soul, will open the heart. And then nothing will be impossible.” Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp “Compassion is a organizing principle for business leaders, government leaders, arts and culture, humanitarians – you need a working principle, especially when the world is colliding into each other every day”. Salman Ahmad “In a world where force is too often the Read More

Denial
“Disinformation is more than just lying: it’s the denial and twisting of reality in order to present some desired image to the rest of the world.” Will Hurd, an American politician, former CIA officer, and Texas representative in the US House. “Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.” Annie Besant, an English socialist, theosophist, freemason, women’s rights and Home Read More

It’s the Narrative, Stupid
J. B. Pritzer, Governor of Illinois, struck the right tone in his recent address in New Hampshire: “Standing for the idea that the government doesn’t have the right to kidnap you without due process is arguably the MOST EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN SLOGAN IN HISTORY,” “Today, it’s an immigrant with a tattoo. Tomorrow, it’s a citizen whose Facebook post annoys Trump.” Pritzer may be right. I’m glad he is speaking out, AND we need stronger narratives Read More