“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”Let’s listen again to these viral words, as they hover over the planet . . . as they hover over, good God, the future. Finally, finally, the time has come for every last one of us to release the question these words force on us…

The glow of the recent No Kings rally still pulsates in my heart. Some 8 million people across the planet took part in over 3,000 separate events – people carrying signs that said things like “Power of Love, not Love of Power,” and “Jesus was a refugee,” and, well . . . “Super Callous Fragile…

This is the first sentence of a column I cannot write . . . of a “war” I cannot win. There’s just no way to condense the psycho-spiritual devastation of an unleashed nuclear bomb into words. All I can do is ask a question that has no answer: What is the opposite of Armageddon?Can a collective human…

As spring approaches, a huge dump of snow pummels the Midwest. I look out my window, here in Appleton, Wisconsin, and shrug in awe. I’m still warm and safe. Do I deserve to be?What is my relationship to this world I’m a part of? What do I contribute to it? Is humanity an invasive species – step on…