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4 days ago
2 min

The Peacemaker Must Rise

Peace has a fundamental problem. Throughout history, humanity has venerated the warrior and portrayed the Peacemaker as weak and afraid.

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Dennis Blacksmith

Sep 11
3 min

Beware of Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Humanity's collective thoughts have created the circumstance where the failure of civilization is almost assured.

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Dennis Blacksmith

Jul 11
2 min

Atom and Eve - The Forbidden Fruit

The eve of the new digital world has opened new frontiers in the search for methods in the creation of peace. With that said, we have ent...

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Dennis Blacksmith

May 29
2 min

Peace and Purpose

World peace, an idea that seems so foreign as a possibility that, for the most part, it has been left to divine expectations at the end o...

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Dennis Blacksmith

May 20
2 min

Searching For The Phoenix

The current COVID crisis is likely one of many waiting to upend the world. With that said, there is a profound moment in time to reassess...

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Dennis Blacksmith

Apr 30
2 min

Our Greatest Purpose

The recent COVID19 pandemic is a view of the future if humanity doesn’t come to the realization that it needs to fundamentally change its...

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Dennis Blacksmith

Nov 21, 2019
1 min

Splitting the Atom

The elements that create and win war are well defined, but stating that Peace is simply the absence of conflict is a poor definition and ...

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Dennis Blacksmith

Nov 19, 2018
2 min

Command Peace

While there are articles written every day that address some aspect of peace as an issue, there is a general lack of coordination that cr...

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Dennis Blacksmith

Nov 2, 2018
2 min

The Science of Peace

For every subject that humanity has diligently contemplated, deeper understanding has been found. And like any subject, if important enou...

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Dennis Blacksmith

Nov 1, 2018
2 min

The Radicalized Adjective

It has been said that the pen is mightier than the sword. Unfortunately, this may no longer be true. Today's common expression, whether w...

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Dennis Blacksmith

Oct 31, 2018
2 min

Humanity's Apathy for Suffering

Humanity is content to stand silent in its own suffering. But in the aggregate of time and space we have this one moment, this one life, ...

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Dennis Blacksmith

Oct 30, 2018
2 min

The Poison of Fable

The spirit of ideology believes that the righteousness of the cause justifies any effort in order to gather the faithful or to scatter th...

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Dennis Blacksmith

Oct 26, 2018
1 min

Words that Kill

During the political season be careful. Vitriolic rhetoric that demeans, humiliates or mocks is dangerous. Rulers and power seekers throu...

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