Susan Cunningham, Author at Occasional Planet

We’re all in this together. Where we are, where we need to go.

It’s already starting to happen. The healing. The power to love one another. The excitement of a shared commitment. The sense of wholeness when

I have to share some thoughts about how we are being manipulated into repeating the falsehood that our military men and women are “fighting

My experience recently at the “Lift Every Voice” concert at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis was much different than it would have

As I watch the disastrous choices DT is making for important positions in the federal government, I am more and more convinced the tea

Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite writers, and she has to tour with a bodyguard because she dares to speak out about environmental

Should I recommend Michael Moore’s 2016 movie,” Where to Invade Next”? On the plus side, there are some really good jokes. The biggest laugh

I was a student at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY, when Fr. Daniel Berrigan taught there. Although I never had him for class,

As much as I admire economist Paul Krugman, I am disappointed that he has joined the camp of those who believe Americans are no

“A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn’t enough

I record TV shows to watch when I want to “zone out” as the kids say. One that I like is NCIS (not the