Category Archives: pacifism

Johnny Got His Gun

Posted on June 12, 2020 by bullersbackporch

Johnny Got His Gun — Dalton Trumbo This book further radicalized my reaction to the ongoing horrors of the overseas war. When they released a movie version movie I don’t know whether I’m alive and dreaming or dead and remembering…Inside … Continue reading →

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Kent State Massacre — 50 Years Later

Posted on May 4, 2020 by bullersbackporch

13 seconds. 67 shots. 4 dead. 9 wounded. “They were shot as they rallied for what they believed in, exercising their rights as Americans. The shots shocked the world.” Those stark figures that cannot convey the shock 50 years ago … Continue reading →

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Sept. 21 — World Peace Day

Posted on September 21, 2018 by bullersbackporch

Let there be Peace on Earth — and let it begin with me. Today, we celebrate World Peace Day, first observed in 1982 as a day for dediacting ourselves to world peace. With this year’s Day of Peace falling on … Continue reading →

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for Paris and Beirut and Kenya…for all of us

Posted on November 16, 2015 by bullersbackporch

My heart is heavy again with the senseless violence we have witnessed this past week. For solace, I turn to my joy — music — and specifically, I often listen to this piece of “musical medicine” from David Wilcox at times like … Continue reading →

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