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Is Donald Trump the successful self-made business man, real-estate developer that he claims to be?
Investigative reporters Susanne Craig and David Barstow say the president received today’s equivalent of $413 million from his father’s real estate empire, through what appears to be tax fraud. This revealing investigative reporting explored over 100,000 pages, as well as…
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IT’S NOT OK!
Just wanted to share this profound email I received from Jonathan Fields. For me it is so on point. —————————— Hey there, Digesting the last week. This is not okay. I spent most of the week largely-offline. I was leading…
Posted in Food For Thought, Fuel For Action Tagged with: dehumanization, diminution, equality, humanity, inaction, Justice, Men, Political, politics, power, Supreme Court, Voting, Women
Where Are You in the Stratification of World Economics and Wealth?
Image Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BRvXRvVlOpj/ Half of world’s wealth now in hands of 1% of population About 3.4 billion people – just over 70% of the global adult population – have wealth of less than $10,000. The 85 richest people in the…
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Are You Being CONwayed?
Does she live up to her name CONway? What ethics or honesty are being used in diversion, misdirection, and failure to directly address questions? How is endorsement of Ivanka Trump in any related to Conway’s service to the citizens of…
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Which neighbor are you? The original meaning of neighbor was “associate” (Hebrew, rea). In Leviticus 19:18, the term clearly referred to a fellow Hebrew: “Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your…
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Is there a danger in Populism? (Don’t make the same mistakes we did.)
“The recipe for populism is universal. Find a wound common to many, find someone to blame for it, and make up a good story to tell. Mix it all together. Tell the wounded you know how they feel. That you…
Who are the Real Minorities?
In most Western countries, the people with wealth and power tend to assume that they are the majority. However, is that really the case? The answer is a resounding NO! According the statistics summarized in “The World as 100 People…
Posted in Food For Thought Tagged with: Economics, Minorities, Policies, politics, Religion, Statistics
Trump’s State of Mental Health???
We have not even approached the date of President Trump’s first “State of the Union” address, and many are questioning the “State of his mental health”. In fact there were voices of concern long before he was elected. Johns…
What is Ubuntu?
Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. Humanity has from time immemorial faced challenges, and it has always been about the environment, the jungle , the…
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