Category Archives: humanity
Jerk
Jerk is a word that shows contempt. We don’t talk with jerks, we ridicule them, push them away, and call them names. So when I read an article online about an elector on his state’s electoral college who had resigned … Continue reading
When truth hurts
Sometimes learning the truth is very painful, especially when it has to do with a country that you love, a people that you love, and/or truths that you cherish and believe are unquestionable. Faced with this kind of situation, we … Continue reading
Creating peace
For a viable future to be possible we must, as Martin Luther King, Jr. said many years ago, learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools. The reason why is clear: the destructive power of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Commentary, Current Events, George Polley, Golden Rule, humanity, Peace, War
Tagged addiction, Ben Jansson, building peace, children, chilren, commentary, George Polley, Golden Rule, military industrial complex, peace, war, war industry
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Using wars to find peace.
World War One began a hundred years ago. Billed as “The war to end all wars,” it was but the beginning of more than one hundred years of continuous war fought somewhere, wars that have cost trillions of dollars and killed … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, humanism, humanity, Militarism, Peace, War
Tagged addiction, commentary, George Polley, Living, peace process, Successful Living
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The Butcher of Tel Aviv
Photo on the right of bombed out home in Rafa, Gaza, dated Aug. 21, 2014, is by Wissam Nassar / The New York Times. The other day on Facebook I ran across a post calling Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Current Events, Gaza, Gaza Strip, humanity, Israel, Palestinian people, Peace, Zionism
Tagged children, commentary, Gaza, George Polley, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian people
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For a Liveable Future To Be Possible: First in a series
“We, with our knowledge of conflict and human history; of the consequences of trauma in our lives, watch children cry, and wonder how, out of sight of some new skyscraper, now the tallest building on the planet, we manage with … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gaza, Golden Rule, humanism, humanity, Israel, Palestinian people, Peace
Tagged commentary, George Polley, Israel, resentful victim, Sam Harris, Successful Living, victimhood, victims, Zionism
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Musings by George Polley 
Pursuing ideals
The important thing is to never give up. Here is a poem that describes what we must do in crazy times like these. ~ ~ ~ Even though our reality Is filled with discrepancies and problems We should not stop … Continue reading →