Herb Rothschild Jr.: 'Remain,' reluctantly
While writing my July 2 column on patriotism, I knew I would follow it up with reflections on Brexit, Great Britain’s narrow vote to withdraw from the European Union. One reason is the Brexit debate...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: New developments
Most of the subjects of my column are ongoing concerns. They don’t go away just because I’ve had my say. So periodically I like to report relevant developments.Saudi Arabia: In my May 27 column I...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Different yardsticks
Last July I told you that I knew David Duke personally. He enrolled at LSU in fall 1968, three years after I joined the faculty and two years after I founded the local ACLU chapter. Several times he...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Tools of change
During this year’s commemoration of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, one event focused on civil disobedience as a tool of social change. The program planners scheduled it because we had as a...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: A second movement
We’re now in the midst of a second civil rights movement. Just as the abolition movement ended slavery but not inequality for African Americans, so the first civil rights movement ended legal...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: The Gülen extradition
Although he’s been living in the U.S. since 1997, Muhammed Fethullah Gülen isn’t a household name here. He may soon become one. In the wake of the failed coup attempt in Turkey last month, President...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Labor Day thoughts
Oregon was the first state to declare Labor Day an official holiday. That was in 1887, one year after thousands of U.S. workers went on strike and rallied for the eight-hour day. At the rally in...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Time to end the war
Early last year I published a column about the war on drugs. In its original version I asserted that the seemingly failed war hasn’t ended because the real motives behind it were to furnish pretexts...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Measure 97 explained
Measure 97 is the most significant measure on our upcoming state ballot. If passed, it will raise funds dedicated to education, health care and senior services by increasing the minimum tax on...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Corporate taxes
This is the second of three columns on Measure 97 which, if passed, will raise funds intended for education, health care and senior services by increasing the minimum tax on corporations with $25...
View ArticleHerb Rothschild Jr.: Measure 97, Part 3
This is the last of three columns on Measure 97, which proposes to raise funds for education, health care and senior services by increasing the minimum tax on a corporation’s annual sales of $25...
View ArticleInner Peace: On navigating life’s journey with Alzheimer's
Hearing the Alzheimer’s diagnosis was a shock — one I’m still trying to assimilate. It’s like living under the sword of Damocles, not knowing how long it will be before, or when, my memory will fade...
View ArticleInner Peace: Joy is infectious (Part I)
What do you think is the most popular category for re-pins on Pinterest and for responses and shares on Facebook? Inspirational sayings, right? Part of it is a reflection of economic realities. Having...
View ArticleInner Peace: Joy is infectious (Part 2)
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness: More than 200 years ago, Americans knew what they needed. In my life, I make time for planned joy every week. And then there is the joy that comes to me like...
View ArticleInner Peace: Life as a psychedelic experience
"Psychedelic." From the Greek "dēlos," meaning "clear" or "manifest," and the term "psyche," "psychedelic" means "mind manifesting." Although it's a word that commonly summons thoughts of...
View ArticleInner Peace: Why aren't my prayers answered?
Why aren't my prayers answered?This is such a common question for people of all faiths and traditions. But a lot of people are afraid to ask their spiritual leader, "Why?" When spiritual leaders are...
View ArticleInner Peace: To whom do we pray?
Here are four possibilities: 1) There is no god, no spirit, just a mechanistic universe that is open to scientific thought. 2) There is a benevolent god who takes an interest in what we do and think....
View ArticleInner Peace: Quieting the mind produces peace
I recently completed a 21-day, guided meditation provided by Deepak Chopra and the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). As I opened my eyes on the last day, I felt empty, almost let down. I asked myself:...
View ArticleInner Peace: Eternal life exists in pure consiousness
The prospect of eternal life is a very attractive one. Especially when it is combined with the idea of living in a peaceful, blissful state with endless beauty and all the material items one could...
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