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The Final Solution             Since its founding in 1948, Israel has lived with three contradictory goals. First it wished to be a Jewish state where the majority of the people were Jews. Secondly it also wanted to possess all the land between the Jordan River and the coast. Third it wanted to be a democracy Read more

How Can Poorer Nations Resist Exploitation?             Immanuel Wallerstein, a world systems analyst, reviewed the ways in which poor nations have reacted to wealthy nations exploiting them for their resources. One way was to expand one’s power to compete with the stronger countries.  Iraq tried this with the invasion of Kuwait and was defeated. Another Read more

“World War III Has Begun”             According to Fiona Hill, “World War III has begun.”  Fiona Hill served in the first Trump term as the Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs. She is currently working at the Brookings Institute and is serving as the Chancellor of Durham University in the United Kingdom. Concentrating on Read more

The Right Pope?                   In speaking about the push to build a wall between Mexico and the United States to keep out illegal immigrants, Pope Francis said that we should be building bridges, not walls. Was the new Pope, Leo XIV, chosen to build bridges rather than walls between the rich nations, like the United Read more

Attached is a Confession of Faith which is circulating and which I have endorsed.  I invite you to read, contemplate, and share it with others. The Confessing Church in America Some German Christians in Nazi Germany wanted to change the church’s ministry to reflect the racist ideology of German nationalism. Other Christians opposed those efforts. Read more

God’s Kingdom vs. Trump’s To make America great again Donald Trump denies climate change, closes the border to needy refugees, withdraws from the World Health Organization, will deport millions of immigrants and has stopped foreign aid that alleviates hunger, sickness, and death.  Programs to address racial and gender inequality have been terminated. Criminals are released Read more

Any Hope for Poor Nations? Donald Trump has vowed to close the US border to emigrants fleeing poor countries. He is also promising tariffs on goods manufactured abroad which will include many from poor nations. Seeking to follow the development of Taiwan, South Korea, Mexico, and Brazil, poor nations have sought to make goods for Read more

Road to the Third World War George Modelski, professor of international relations and member of my doctoral committee, was an expert on global wars.  He traced five global wars, or series of wars in the last five hundred years.  He identified the last two of these as the Napoleonic wars and the German wars, popularly Read more

Reflections on the U.S. Election By electing Donald Trump, the United States joined other nations as part of larger conservative populist movement among the wealthier nations of the world.  Orban of Hungary, Le Pen in France, Meloni of Italy, Farage of the UK leading the Brexit movement, the AfD group in Germany, and tight wing Read more

The New World Society             The New World Society is made up of all people, collectively and individually, who seek to improve the lives of others.  They work to liberate captives, feed the hungry,  provide water, bring healing, secure jobs and housing, forgive others their faults, bring peace between people in conflict, and comfort the Read more