Even a blacksmith could give you the facts

Thu. Oct. 9th, 2014  |  William Rees

A blacksmith blows air onto burning coal or coke in order to increase the rate of oxidation and thus raise the flame temperature high enough to make iron or steel workable.  ³Workable² means soft enough to hammer into shape, meaning, much softer

A Patriotic, Altruistic Voting Guide for Americans Who Are Concerned About the Future of the Planet and the Wellbeing of Their Children, and Why They Should Vote as Anti-Fascist and as Green as Possible—Starting Now OR: How Fascist-Leaning Are Your P

Thu. Oct. 9th, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

“Fascism is a system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism.” -- Italian philosopher Giovanni Gentile

Don’t Vote for Your Future Oppressors

Thu. Oct. 23rd, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

In the heat of the campaigns, we misinformed, dis-informed and oft-deceived voters must be careful lest we blindly allow our future oppressors – and that includes our politician’s paymasters - to win at the polls.

Don’t Trust the Mythical GOP “Big Tent”

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

A Voting Guide for This and Future Election Cycles:

Election’s Over!

Thu. Nov. 6th, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

It‘s obvious to me that the worst of the venom and untruths in the political ads have been coming from anonymous wealthy

Why First Nations People Regard Thanksgiving Day as a National Day of Mourning

Thu. Nov. 27th, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

We turkey-celebrating, obese, sports-addicted, shop-until-you-drop, historically illiterate couch potatoes are all beneficiaries of the acts of our guilty ancestors, who may have been unaware perpetrators of the crimes against humanity

Lessons from the Christmas Truce of 1914

Thu. Dec. 11th, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

“…the ones who call the shots won’t be among the dead and lame; And on each end of the rifle we’re the same” - John McCutcheon

The Forgotten Christmas Truce of 1914 and the Unlearned Lessons That Could Have Prevented the Century of War, 1914-2014

Thu. Dec. 18th, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

As tantalizing as is the story of the Christmas Truce, it is also a reminder of what could have happened if there had been less obedience to authority and more organized opposition to senseless war in the families, schools, and churches.

A Christmas Lamentation: Two Christmas Stories About North American Genocide: Minnesota's Mass Executions of Lakota Defenders of Their Sacred Homeland and Rev Kevin Annett's Nativity”

Wed. Dec. 24th, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

The snow was falling again as we left the darkened building, kissing us gently like it had done years before when as a baby, Clare had struggled with me on a toboggan through the deep drifts of my first charge in Pierson, Manitoba, on another Christm

Sobering Truths About America’s Imperialist Crimes Against Humanity

Wed. Dec. 31st, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

True American patriots, if they really love the United States, must be honest about the dishonorable, dark side of their nation’s history,