Thanks to a reader of Dissident Voice and going to one of my blogs, paulhaeder.com, a reader sent me these comments below, the crux of which my failure to attribute the artist to three of the photos I took in British Columbia years ago while attending the Summer Sustainability Course at the university in Vancouver, …
Caught in a Madhouse without My Mask I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against. — Malcolm X by Paul Haeder / May 27th, 2020 Caught with their proverbial pants down? The blustery conversations tied to corona virus, lockdown, Trump LLC, Pelosi and Comp., and …
Living modestly in the forestland of Lincoln County, David Peltier believes in breaking the cycle of poverty and ending isolation by Paul Haeder / May 21st, 2020 David Peltier lives on his property on forestland in Lincoln County, Ore. (Photo by Paul Haeder) Out of the blue, an email: Paul, I’ve been reading your stuff …
The irony of this quote from the Dustin Hoffman movie, The Graduate, is not wasted on Duane Snider: “One word: plastics.” That was Benjamin Braddock, just graduated from college, sitting in a swimming pool. Giving him advice on gaining the American dream, the neighbor’s statement says it all. Today? Hedge funds? Flipping houses? Coronavirus repossessions? …
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” It doesn’t take a lockdown to pull from some of us humanists the universality of how deep the emotional, cultural, societal, economic and spiritual divide is between the have’s and have’s not. As we move …
Monkey Planet: Moore Misses the Message of the Book criticism of the documentary, Planet of the Humans by Paul Haeder / April 27th, 2020 The chief causes of the environmental destruction that faces us today are not biological, or the product of individual human choice. They are social and historical, rooted in the productive relations, …
Fifty years ago, the first Earth Day brought out 20 million Americans across the land – to parks, schools, college campuses, stadiums, the Mall in DC, and for hundreds of river/beach/trail clean-ups. In 1970, I was 13 still living in Europe with my military family. But from age 17 on, however, I have been a …
A Family Torn Apart by ICE – She Fights for Reunion with Deported Husband by Paul Haeder / April 11th, 2020 Aspire not to have more, but to be more. — Oscar Romero Counting your lucky stars is many times a matter of perspective. I am so honored to have traveled to El Salvador in …
Rhyming not necessary but some assembly required – Poetry This sense of viral isolation, dread and global make-over (for good and worse) gets the proverbial juices flowing of our local and national bards. It’s not a stretch to say there are many people on our coast and farther east who consider themselves to be “poets.” …
Readers — Just letting you know how important are small newspapers: no matter how much they are focused on arts-living, they are vital. Here, in Oregon Coast Today. In the Eye of the Eagle — “Deep Dive with Paul Haeder“ Please, support writers — my new short story collection, Wide Open Eyes — Surfacing from …
