Category Archives: Opinion

Our Democracy Must Be Revived — If We Hope To Achieve The Dreams of Our Wisest and Best

John Dewey said, “What the best and wisest parent wants for his or her own child, that must the community want for all of its children.” Dewey hit philosophical gold when he came up with that one sentence. It is … Continue reading

Posted in Opinion | 12 Comments

Bill Moyers, At Four Freedoms Ceremony: We Need To Rekindle FDR’s Passion For The Poor

Bill Moyers gave the following remarks at the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute’s twentieth-anniversary Four Freedoms ceremony, where he received the Freedom of Speech award. The remarks below were printed in The Nation Thank you for this recognition and the … Continue reading

Posted in M Bock | 2 Comments

When Everything Is Restored

The Titanic movie was on TV recently.  The Titanic tells about possibilities that could have been, but, instead were destroyed — what could have flourished, but instead went to the bottom of the sea. The Titanic makes us think of … Continue reading

Posted in Opinion | Leave a comment