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Peter and I have been on-line friends for nearing 20 years, and recently he sent me a post initially sent to “friends and family”, included a blog post he published in Op Ed News. The correspondence is sent along with his permission. The letter and two links are very much worth your time. Photo with […]
My long-time friend, Peter Barus, lives in rural northeast U.S. and has a gift for thought-filled writing. Here is a recent post, passed along here at Peter’s request. It’s been awhile since he’s written here, his attention on a book in preparation. Great to see him back. Take a look. Peter’s comment about Oprah’s recent […]
NOTE from Dick Bernard: Peter commented after last weeks post on Swiftboating Hillary Clinton. His always perceptive remarks are below. He writes from Vermont. His previous posts can be found here. In addition, recently I received the link to all of the plenary session talks at the outstanding 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis. […]
PRENOTE: In the wake of Falcon Heights and Dallas last week, Peter sent the following reflections. We agreed I would post this on return from an out of town trip. Dick * Been a long time since. It’s always good to read your writings. Feel free to post this response. You have a way of […]
NOTE: Peter is a longtime great friend from rural Vermont. He is an occasional and always welcome visitor at this space. On May 22, he had an opportunity to hear journalist Amy Goodman in Troy, New York. His comments follow, with his permission. (click to enlarge) Peter Barus: May/22/2016 Amy Goodman spoke last night at […]
NOTE: Icon folk song composer and singer Pete Seeger passed away Monday at 94. For a common persons selection of Pete Seeger on film, check YouTube here Your own personal recollections and Comments about Pete Seeger are solicited. Peter Barus writes from Vermont Jan. 28: Dick, Pete Seeger is gone. Here’s something I wrote when […]
Too infrequently, good friend Peter Barus weighs in on issues from his home in Vermont. Agree or disagree, his postings always make sense. Here’s his latest, about how negotiations work, as he learned it in West Africa, and how it is in many places, but not so much in the U.S. Peter always has interesting […]
Note: Peter Barus is a long-time and great friend (and writer) who writes occasionally from rural New Hampshire. His personal website is here. Once before Peter has posted at this blog. You can find the post here. Peter Barus: Exercise won’t defeat the endocrine system… This is a book review, and a heads-up about our […]
From Moderator: Peter Barus is a great friend, going back a half dozen years or so. When first I knew him, he was an out-east big city guy, a computer specialist, an excellent trainer and all around good guy. Two or three years ago or so he and his spouse moved into the very rural […]
77 years ago today, the horror of the Atomic Bomb was unleashed over Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the act was repeated at Nagasaki. The debate will never end. The act must never be forgotten, or repeated. Here are two remembrances about the bomb, and the folly and the myth of war itself. First, a […]