Category: The War-making State

Reckoning with War

Dear Friends of Saint Louis Mindfulness Sangha, The first of the five wonderful mindfulness trainings emphasizes cultivating reverence for life. The original version of the 12th precept of the Order of Interbeing reads: “Do not…

Right is Might

Secretary of State John Kerry asserted About Russia’s behavior in Crimea: “It is not appropriate to invade a country And at the end of a barrel of a gun Dictate what you are trying to…

Western Reverence for Life

General William Westmoreland once said “The Oriental doesn’t place The same high value on life As does a Westerner In the Orient life is cheap It doesn’t matter” The general said this in 1972 27…

Facing the Facts

1.  In fact, there is no way that I know of apprehending the world from within American culture (with a whole history of exterminism and incorporation behind it) without also apprehending the imperial contest itself. …

Boeing’s Dr. King, Our Dr. King

You remember your Dr. King We remember ours You believe that in these times Dr. King would like diversity and inclusion You cite his “content of their character” “rather than the color of their skin”…

How the Powerful Talk Amongst Themselves

President Richard Nixon: “We’ve got to be thinking in terms of an all-out bombing attack [of North Vietnam]…Now, by all-out bombing attack, I am thinking about things that go far beyond…I’m thinking of the dikes,…