I Hold In My Heart That Rebellious

The Patriot Act Allows Federal Agents To Look At Public And University Library Patron Circulation Records, Books Checked Out, Magazines Consulted, All Subject To Government Scrutiny. There Used To Be A Time In This Country When We Were Worried Whether Our Young People Knew How To Read. Now Some In Our Government Are More Worried That Government Agents Be Able To Find Out What People Are Reading.

The Belief In The Inevitability Of War Is A Self-fulfilling Prophecy... We Need An Alternative Vision, To See The World As One, As Interconnected.

We Cannot Avert Our Eyes Without Staining Our Souls.

Active Citizenship Begins With An Envisioning Of The Desired Outcome And A Conscious Application Of Spiritual Principles.

We Have To Make Education A Priority, But All This Debate About Education And Testing Is Almost Beside The Point. We Only Spend A Fraction Of The Money On Education That We Spend On Arms Buildups. Under A Kucinich Administration, Education Becomes One Of The Top Domestic Priorities. We Put Money Into It. We Cause The Government To Be Vitally Involved In It. And We Make Sure Our Children Have The Love Of Knowledge.