Chris Honoré: Above all — the tax bill
Ostensibly we have a representative government. We hold elections with the intention of sending men and women of two parties to Washington who will represent the will of their constituents.But if we...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Of talismanic significance and breathtaking beauty
I have this image that with the election of Donald Trump, environmentalists from coast to coast tried to absorb what his presidency would mean to our planet, to the conservation movement. Many I’m sure...
View ArticleChris Honoré: 2017: The best and the rest
How to summarize what has been a year defined and dominated by the election of Donald Trump? In so many ways it’s been similar to driving slowly by a car accident, wishing not to look at the damage...
View ArticleChris Honore: When I must suspend my disbelief
As Donald Trump’s policies have unfolded over his first year in office, there’s a question that I find myself reflecting on continually: Is this what those 63 million Americans voted for? Is this the...
View ArticleChris Honoré: The president's 'Fake News Awards'
“The Post” is now screening at the Varsity Theatre and it is well worth seeing. I’m tempted to use the word mandatory in that sentence because I believe that our democracy’s institutions are under...
View ArticleChris Honoré: It’s the House, not the Senate
Take a step back and recall that in the fall of 2016 the American voters elected Donald Trump and, while in the voting booth, in all their wisdom, made known their wish that the House and Senate...
View ArticleChris Honoré: The Russians, the dossier and the memo
Part OneWe find ourselves in the middle of a morality play wherein the stakes are high and our nation’s institutions continue to be given what seems like a perpetual stress test.If you are following...
View ArticleChris Honoré: The Russians, the dossier and the memo
Part TwoI have to admit that trying to follow the memo/dossier/FISA warrants narrative has been at best a labyrinth.Let’s start with the memo. Its thesis, as far as I can determine, is that Nunes,...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Once again the sound of silence
I’m going to begin with the inexplicable presence of domestic violence that is woven into our culture and brought to the fore by recent events in the White House. And casting a wider net, I wonder how...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Gaslighting, Russia and guns
Gaslighting, according to Wikipedia, is a “form of manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in members of a targeted group (or individual), hoping to make them question their own perception,...
View ArticleChris Honoré: A dereliction of duty
There are a number of issues confronting our nation that are being ignored by our Congress and the White House. Regarding two, most especially, the question is: Why?A few brief examples: why do we as a...
View ArticleChris Honoré: A meme for the West Wing
On June 1, 2017, at 12:01 in the morning, Donald Trump tweeted the following: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” The word covfefe had his followers on Twitter and the press reaching for...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Deconstructing a Trump rally
On March 10, Donald Trump traveled to Moon Township in Pennsylvania to deliver a speech in support of Republican candidate Rick Saccone. Saccone’s opponent was Conor Lamb, a Democrat. This is a...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Collecting, then connecting the dots
So Robert Mueller and crew continue to collect dots and then painstakingly connect them. The data takes the investigators ever closer to the Oval Office and grows increasingly complex at a rate that is...
View ArticleMany holidays, all celebrating the Divine in us
Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukkah, Chalica, Boxing Day, Yule, Bodhi Day ...Yes, December is full of holidays and the list above is only partial. In Christian societies Christmas is well known and widespread....
View ArticleGive yourself the gift of inner peace
The article below was published on Christmas Eve 2008 as a guest opinion. It was the beginning of the Inner Peace column. George W. Bush ("43") was president at the time. Here is the article, updated...
View ArticleA walking meditation in Spain
Years in the makingmy path to Finisterreunfolds step by stepUnstructured spiritual paths, meandering as they tend to be, often prove most meaningful for many of us as we flee the strictures of...
View ArticleInner Peace: The Means Determine the End
“The end justifies the means” is a phrase attributed to Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) from "The Prince." He may not have said exactly these words, but he would have endorsed the meaning, defined this...
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 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...
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