Some of the blog posts I'm happiest about aren't necessarily the ones that get viewed the most.These twelve made my 2015.
January
I never quite understood how much of a Chicago story the Bomb and opposition to it really is. I can think of at least three reasons why people right here in Chicago -- today -- need to make themselves heard about nuclear disarmament . . .(See Unfinished Business in Chicago (Nuclear disarmament, that is))
February
Far more important than the historic performance of fossil fuel stocks is the future correlation of fossil fuel stocks to generalized, systemic risk in the market, and their negative correlation to the few sectors of the market that stand apart from that
risk.(See The Feel-Good Folly of Fossil-Fuel Valuation )
March
What I'm feeling particularly energized about is the potential for the thousands of people who have already signed on as supporters of World Beyond War -- as well as millions more who are expected to do so soon -- to become active participants in spreading this good news.(See News Worth Spreading: "There IS An Alternative to War!" )
April
Can there be any more clear illustration than the one at left to remind us that the work of the Church is liberation?(See Christian "Church"? How about Christian "Liberation Organization"? )
May
"Once the boat went to full pressure, there was really no other option."(See In Whose Machine Will YOU Be a Cog? )
June
It will be the 2016 presidential election that will provide the main form of entertainment and distraction to the U.S. populace between now an the end of next year. An enormous amount of political fluff will fill our lives -- pushing aside, I suppose, vast amounts of sports fluff and shopping
fluff and celebrity fluff and -- well, you get the point.(See What Will Dominate Election 2016? (ANSWER: ISIS and #BlackLivesMatter) )
July
It has required years and years of reflection to sort out the good and bad aspects and conclude that the diplomatic and commercial opening of China was part of a massive move away from conflict and toward peace.(See THE EYES AND EARS OF HISTORY: A Perspective on the Iran Deal)
August
You might think that each person is just another face in the crowd, but if you look closely, they're all carefully drawn to depict an individual, and it's all these individuals working together that is going to stop Japan's return to militarization and war.(See People Power Against War in Japan: A Lesson for Us All? )
September
Yesterday was the UN International Day of Peace. The day nudged me to think about what -- if anything -- I feel I really know about peace and the movement for peace. Here are 10 things that are true for me . . . .(See #PeaceDay 2015 - Ten Thoughts on Peace)
October
As I walked home from today's service, I replayed the service in my mind. "The part about the visitor card was pretty good . . . " I thought, "and yet . . . visitor card . . . ? Maybe it's not really a visitor card . . . . Maybe what we should be calling them is participant cards."(See Being Church in Logan Square, Chicago: An Ecclesiophilic Reflection )
November
"A terrible disease has struck the area . . . people call it the 'flu' . . . many in our own community have fallen to it . . . including someone very dear to you, someone in your own family . . . I'm talking about your sister, Margaret."(See November 11, 1918: Another Veteran for Peace )
December
Hibakusha is a word that has traditionally been used to refer to people affected by the nuclear blasts in Hiroshima and Nagaski. It is now being
broadened to recognize the many additional victims of acute affects of nuclear radiation (including fallout from tests and radioactivity from mining and processing). In fact, we are all subject to the impact and threat of nuclear radiation spread indiscriminately by nations and corporations.(See HIROSHIMA: What does it mean to say, "We are ALL 'hibakusha'?")
To be continued . . . .
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