Love is the Foundation of Justice

Whether in criminal justice, school discipline, or social action, Justice is not served except through Love. Read more...

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Book Launch for Peter Gabel at the New York Open Center

Book Launch for Peter Gabel at the New York Open Center

Date: Thursday, October 18th 2018 Time: 6:30 pm Location: New York Open Center; 22 East 3oth Street, NYC, Room 3A Join lifelong social activist, philosopher, founder of an alternative University, editor-at-large of the award winning Tikkun Magazine, and Open Center friend Peter Gabel for a discussion about his new book...
Justice Holds the Broken Tenderly

Justice Holds the Broken Tenderly

Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, January 9th. Her crime seems to me to echo the extreme brutality she endured throughout her own life. She experienced rape more times than can be counted, including gang rapes by her stepfather’s friends, sodomy, and being sold for sex with...
Matthew Part II: The nature of being human

Matthew Part II: The nature of being human

An unexamined life is not worth livingSocrates – 399 B.C. Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.Ludwig Wittgenstein – 1938 (This is a continuation of “Matthew Part I: What is Justice.”  Looking for Matthew, a book of poems by Bill Denham written about his response to Matthew’s death was...