IF it were possible to end all war and start from the premise of love, how would we begin? So much badness is born from greed and division, the priorities of vanity and heartless self-righteousness, strafing propaganda, ignorance, greed and fear: how might we actually counter all that?
Not to lapse into idealism nor to waste our time in anguish, but to think practically, should we not begin by finding ways to confirm affirmation of all that is truly worthwhile? All the essays I’ve written for these columns have been in some small respects attempts to make such affirmation possible. Here’s a defining one.
