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My Friend Harris Wofford Jr. 1926-2019: Prophet Of A United States Of The World
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“Count no man happy until he dies,” declared Sophocles 24 long centuries ago, in the immortal final line of Oedipus Rex. The sages of ancient Greece understood that the purpose, the meaning,…
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What If the Bomb Warning Text Message in Hawaii Hadn’t Been a False Alarm?
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This article appeared on AlterNet on January 17, 2018. Did you even know, before last Saturday, that if the Button were pushed, the apocalypse was nigh and nuclear doom was…
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Why Not ‘A Global Anthem,’ Donald Trump? Who Does ‘Represent the World,’ Steve Bannon?
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In his speeches before both CPAC and the U.S. Congress, President Trump described with pinpoint accuracy the sovereign state system of today. But might we see a global anthem tomorrow,…
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Reimagining the United Nations: a 2020 Vision
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This essay is a revised and updated version of a story that appeared in Disarmament Times, the official journal of the United Nations NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security.…
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One Country. One Constitution. One Destiny.
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This essay originally appeared on the Global Solutions website. April 15, 2015, is the 150th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln. He was shot shortly after 10 PM on the night…
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JFK, One World or None, and A New Effort to Achieve World Law
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This article, co-written by Harris Wofford and Dr. Tad Daley, appeared in the Summer 2014 edition of the Federation of American Scientists’ Public Interest Reports. In the wake of the…