Inner Peace: Something has to change — but what?
Surfing for interesting articles on line recently, I found one by Liz Proffitt Lemarchand, a guest writer for Huffington Post, entitled “Why I Left The U.S. 20 Years Ago ... And Why I Won’t Be Coming...
View ArticleInner Peace: Walking in total freedom
Around November 1993, just one month before I received “A Course in Miracles,” I began to glimpse an orchestration of my search for truth that was undeniably miraculous. Searching for enlightenment in...
View ArticleInner Peace: Becoming ourselves at mid-life
We may be able to go for years without having to confront our woundedness, but it lies there always as a kind of shakiness in our foundations.—J.T. HauleMidlife is a place where many of us blow fuses....
View ArticleInner Peace: What’s your operating system?
We live in a world of screens: television screens, computer screens, tablet screens, smart phone screens, GPS screens in our cars — and the list keeps growing. Each type of device has an operating...
View ArticleInner Peace: Kindness is at the heart of everything we do
Holmes Park Hospice House is a miracle. Ten years ago it was a dream. Today its development conforms to the theory of evolution of Jean de Lamarck: “Organisms become transformed by their effort to...
View ArticleInner Peace: In the fox holes of life, ‘I Am There’
Easter and Passover join hands next week. Passover and Good Friday fall on March 30 and Easter on April 1.Jesus always takes center stage for Easter. For years I had problems with the concept of Jesus...
View ArticleInner Peace: Crossing over into the light
A woman in her 80s came to see me recently for a clairvoyant reading. She began by describing a recent dream: She is in a dilapidated, dark house with faded oak paneling, and she doesn’t like the house...
View ArticleFinding life in the gaps between thinking
Walking is something I have done all my life. Unquestionably, it is recommended for all ages, but as we age, it is even more important.The old adage "move it or lose it" is true for all humans...
View ArticleInner Peace: A life well lived
It seems that the world wants us to measure our life against some predetermined set of standards. We learn this at an early age. We learn our initial values from our parents, schools, religions, and...
View ArticleA life lesson in acceptance of negativity
The mediocre teacher tells.The good teacher explains.The superior teacher demonstrates.The great teacher inspires.— William Arthur Ward I was a freshman at the University of Delaware in 1954, where...
View ArticleBeethoven: The creative genius in everyone
Among other famous winter birthdays we find Ludwig von Beethoven. Even if you don't love his music, it is undeniable that the man gave the world a great gift — soaring music in so many different genres...
View ArticleLove is calling — Will you pick up?
Love is calling. It is a pure omnipresent and omnipotent love. A love so rich, divine and pure; a love you can trust; a love that is unconditional. This love nurtures and pampers you. It accepts who...
View ArticleThe woman in the blue coat (Part 2)
(Continued from Part 1, Jan. 27, A4)I asked Tasha if I could give her a ride to the Starbucks inside of Safeway. It was 7:15 a.m. The Ashland Resource Center, physically located next to Safeway, opened...
View ArticleThe woman in the blue coat (Part 1)
Certainly there isn’t a soul in Ashland who would have wanted Tasha (not her real name), a 42-year-old woman with a developmentally delayed disability, to be on our streets on her own during the recent...
View ArticleKeep the voices of 'me too' ablaze for cultural change
The wake of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual allegations birthed a worldwide movement. Victims of sexual assault are speaking out. It is as if this "me too" has arisen from the deep belly of the Earth in a...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Let’s say goodbye to all that
“The Great Gatsby” is the most American of our great novels. Jay Gatsby’s story illuminates our culture like no other. When Mr. Gatz turns up for his son’s funeral, he shows to Nick Carroway, the...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Taking the symptom for the problem
Here are some data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about our opioid epidemic: Since 2000, the rate of deaths from drug overdoses has increased 137 percent, including a 200 percent...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Unions, women and Senate District 3
I begin with two personal disclosures pertinent to the subject matter of this column. I’ve long been a member of Communication Workers of America; I’ve continued to pay monthly dues during my...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Corporate food, Part 2
People of conscience were appalled by President Trump’s proposal that the benefits disbursed by SNAP (formerly food stamps) be converted from cash cards usable at grocery stores to bags of selected...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Withdrawing from agribusiness
For more than half my life I lived beside the Mississippi River. In my childhood we ate river shrimp, smaller but tastier than salt water varieties. No longer. The river at New Orleans is too polluted....
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