Cycles of Change

Playground bullying is a toxic weed in a child's garden. It chokes out healthy social growth and damages the surrounding flowers. The weed is nourished by a child's insecurities and need for control. The playground owner, the school, is responsible [...]

The reasonable voices who recognize that our children need better tools for navigating disagreement must now address the complete picture. Teaching kids to ask "why" before judging others represents a crucial first step toward healing our divided [...]

You turn on the news, scroll through social media, or listen to political commentary, and within minutes you feel angry, frustrated, or hopeless about the state of our country. Your blood pressure rises. You want to argue with someone. You feel like [...]

America stands at the precipice of collapse. The 250-year experiment in democratic self-governance teeters on the edge of failure, not from foreign invasion or natural disaster, but from an enemy within: the complete inability of citizens to engage [...]

America stands at a crossroads where adult solutions have failed spectacularly. Political leaders deepen divides for votes, social media algorithms amplify outrage for profit, and communities fracture along ideological lines while real problems [...]

The universal human desire for peace, love, unity, and respect forms the foundation of good societies everywhere. This desire, guided by radical love, aims for true global harmony. A major challenge to this goal is the stark contrast between [...]

The sound of a siren is a powerful signal of urgency, a call for help that cuts through the noise of daily life. The proper use of this tool is a vital part of a community’s emergency response system. A thoughtful, modern approach to public safety [...]

Once, space had purpose before it had price. A bench in a park was a public good. A church basement was a refuge. A patch of land could host a shack, a garden, or a dream. But as urbanization intensified and property law evolved under the logic of [...]

A renewed Monroe Doctrine in 2025 would reflect the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century, shifting from its original 19th-century focus on European colonialism to addressing contemporary challenges like Chinese and Russian influence in Latin [...]

In every relationship or social situation, individuals may fall into different roles: victims, victimizers, or non-victims. Non-victims navigate these dynamics with emotional awareness, avoiding manipulation or blame while maintaining their [...]

At its most fundamental level, the force of offense is like an undercurrent in our online interactions, affecting how we perceive and respond to information. While we might think we are simply exchanging ideas or opinions, this force often works [...]

Free speech, or the right to say what we believe, matters deeply because it is part of what makes us truly human. This right allows each person to express their ideas, question what others say, and understand the world more fully. In the United [...]