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Monday, February 29, 2016
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Read full postSaturday, February 13, 2016
Our daughter Caitlin has inspired us for 30-years upon this day. How can 30-years seem like a short span? Maybe it is a short span. Cait has filled it up with plenty of love and talent and boldness. Cait is great! I remember the books she drew and wrote when she barely had learned how to read. I remember the day at Sewellcrest Park when she snagged...
Read full postSaturday, February 06, 2016
Oscar winning director Roger Ross Williams [1] is honored for another important film—“Life, Animated.” This is the story of Owen Suskind’s thrilling journey. Owen stopped talking at age-3. His parents were broken-hearted, but they never wavered in their loving care for Owen, who was diagnosed with autism. Then came the breakthrough! Father Ron Susk...
Read full postMonday, January 25, 2016
Pink Floyd’s founding member Roger Waters campaigns to close the U.S. prison base in Guantanamo Bay. Here are some excerpts from Roger’s interview with Amy Goodman during her recent broadcast of “Democracy Now!” [1] AMY GOODMAN: Our first guest needs no introduction: the world famous British musician Roger Waters, founding member, bassist, singer, ...
Read full postSaturday, January 23, 2016
Yesterday was a giant day in our family. I pushed myself away from the office desk one last time at 11:00 a.m. The cubicles and office spaces were evacuated as the entire department crossed through the engineering shop and made ways to the return center. Many kind hands set up the tables and chairs and arranged the flowers and refreshments. My fami...
Read full postSaturday, January 16, 2016
Jane Goodall is an official hero of the Bentari Project. We support her global work to conserve species and their habitats. [1] Jane’s superhuman efforts have gained momentum for decades. For the last many years, her efforts include the critical work to stop climate change. Unofficially, we believe that Jane has the softest spoken voice in the worl...
Read full postFriday, December 25, 2015
We find ourselves in a political campaign season overlapping with our Holidays. Despite the many wars and heated debates about those wars, this is not the time of the year for thinking hateful thoughts or for promoting vengeful actions—not even if we justify our thoughts or acts by calling them purely defensive, not even if we fear “it’s them or us...
Read full postFriday, December 25, 2015
Listen. Learn. Connect. For we are all connected. We are connected to the high and the mighty. We are connected with the lowly and the suffering. One of the things that connects us all is our history. Our history is told in words from all our languages. And our languages are all related. Languages bring us together, they do not separate us unless w...
Read full postFriday, December 25, 2015
Mandy Patinkin [1] shared a memorable interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” [2] Patinkin, the great actor, brought a true “Reason for the Season” to the comedic host’s holiday fair. That “Reason” is our reason—our ability to design our own global human ethos, our ability to design and preserve a better world. Please enjoy some excerpts...
Read full postThursday, December 24, 2015
Mandy Patinkin’s [1] continued interview with Stephen Colbert, seen on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” [2] SC: Now, you’re famous for you preparation, and did you do, like, a ride-along with any CIA directors? Because I know you narrated the Spy Masters. Did you get to know any of the people who actually had the role that Saul Berenson has? M...
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