By Tom Corwin, Staff Writer, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 It is the standard alarm on an iPhone, but when Sgt. Nathan Meisner hears it, he is drawn back to the base where he served in Basra, Iraq. “It sounds just like the alarm when missiles or mortars are being shot into the…
By Supriya Venkatesan, a veteran of the U.S. Army and Operation Iraqi Freedom. She is a freelance writer based in Princeton, N.J. I didn’t know how to be a civilian after six difficult years in the military. At 19, I enlisted in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Iraq. I…
Violence dominated the headlines this year. But by many measures, humanity is in better shape than it’s ever been. Published in The Atlantic, Dec 18, 2015, by Charles Kenny From Paris to Syria through San Bernardino to Afghanistan, the world witnessed obscene and unsufferable tragedy in 2015. That was on…
Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam has a powerful message of how real peace can be created for the world. It is entitled Proven Solutions to Terrorism and Conflict by Tony Nader, MD, PhD, M.A.R.R., and is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwCzBugu9Y World consciousness has never been more receptive—let’s share this message with all our…
Published in the New York Times An open letter to President Hollande, President Obama, President Putin, the leaders of all nations, and the philanthropic peace-loving citizens of the world The leaders of Europe, Russia, and the U.S. have been struggling to find appropriate and effective responses to the terrorist attacks…
Role of Invincibility 1. Invincibility is the key to world peace. 2. Invincibility to every nation is the only ground for permanent peace in the world. 3. Lack of invincibility even in one country will render world peace fragile. 4. It must be emphasized that invincibility for every nation is the…
This is a petition being sent by Avaaz.org which has 7 millions subscribers. Please sign by clicking on this link and share to your friends “As global citizens, horrified by the slaughter in Syria and by the growing prospect of global war, we call on you try a new approach to restoring…
By Thomas Egenes Ph.D. In the Yoga Sutra, the first of the eight limbs of yoga is called yama. Yama has five aspects, beginning with ahiṁsā, which means ‘non-injury’ or ‘non-violence.’ Mahatma Gandhi made ahiṁsā famous when he mobilized all of India to free itself from British domination without firing…
July 14, 2015 On January 25, 2011, I lost the love of my life, my mother. We had a bond that can only be described at soul-mate level. And when she died, I died right along with her. My world went black and all I wanted to do was be…
Dr Hatoyama speaks about the importance of peace and happiness in the world On May 23, Dr. Yukio Hatoyama, prime minister of Japan in 2009–2010, presented MUM’s 2015 commencement address to a record 391 graduating students. The graduates represented 61 different countries and included 96 undergraduates and 252 graduate students….
