Month: September 2025

Off I go!

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This morning I set out on the Save America March. I realize it’s a lofty name (and an even loftier goal) for an event involving one guy. I anticipate some (perhaps many) of you will join me for a few miles here and there, or even a day — and when two or more walk together for a cause, you have a march.

Throughout the five-week journey, I’ll be trying my best to use various social media platforms to share the experience with you. Some of that will be experimental, as I’m not an avid social media user. The best places to keep up with me are the Fallon Forum website, Climate March website, and my personal Facebook page.

If you missed my announcement last week, here’s a summary of what I’m doing and why: Continue Reading →

Save America March

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I’ve got a big announcement! With authoritarianism threatening our democracy, I’m going on another long walk — the Save America March. Here are four ways you can help:

1. Suggest overnight hosts willing to organize a meeting, a meal, and music.

2. Join me for a mile or a day.

3. Support the effort through the Fallon Forum or Climate March.

4. Share the press release (also below) with media, bloggers, and others. Continue Reading →

By a mere seven generations, my grandmother escaped being hung as a witch

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Witches. My maternal grandmother was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1908. If she’d been born 215 years earlier, she might’ve been tried as a witch.

She was odd. Did paintings on mushrooms and burlap sacks. Played the accordion. Once performed with a birdcage on her head. Went to a pro-wresting meet with my brother and come back hoarse from cheering.

So yeah, she was odd, perhaps odd enough to have warranted the “witch” word in 1693.

Fortunately for her, and for me, she lived at a time when women were not hung as witches and were also allowed, despite plenty of obstacles, to own a business. Continue Reading →

“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind”

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A recurring theme you hear from me is that our democracy is in jeopardy and we must act decisively to save it.

I double down on that theme in this week’s program, asking my friends on the Left to avoid demonizing people who voted for Trump. Labeling Trump voters as stupid or racist is not only inaccurate, it’s counterproductive.

Given the murder of Charlie Kirk this week, I need to weigh in even more strongly against some of the comments being posted in my Facebook feed:

“Finally a political hack paying his dues!”

“He made his bed now he’s lying in it!”

“[W]e thank him for giving the ultimate sacrifice to support/protect the 2nd Amendment.”

These comments are neither kind nor helpful. Now, more than ever, if we’re going to rebuild a sense of unified purpose in America, non-violence must be our creed and our method. Continue Reading →

Fighting Trump with “Irish Democracy”

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On this week’s Fallon Forum (LISTEN HERE), Jeffrey Weiss and I take a deep dive into a piece by Chris Armitage: “We live in a Fascist nation, what now?” (Read the piece in its entirety below.)

It’s an important read. Let me know what you think. I’d also appreciate your feedback on Jeffrey’s and my analyses.

Here are my key takeaways:

1. Though he makes a strong case, I disagree (so does Jeffrey) with the author that we’ve already arrived at fascism. Sure, the threat is imminent, and existentially frightening. But pillars of resistance remain, as some leaders, institutions, and businesses show increased fortitude. Heck, maybe even Senator Chuck Schumer will grow a backbone. (Ok, that’s a stretch.)

As opposition to fascism gains strength, we see cracks in President Trump’s efforts to further erode the US Constitution and solidify one-party, dictatorial rule. We must take advantage of those cracks, the most important one being the shift away from Trump among some of those who voted for him.

2. Non-violent action is the best response to creeping authoritarianism. I’m not a pure pacifist, but in my read of history, violence is rarely the answer. WWII is an exception where, to me, a military response was the only way to stop Hitler. Otherwise, during my lifetime, in terms of foreign and domestic conflict (real and imagined), violence fails, both strategically and morally. Continue Reading →