Yearly Archives: 2021


Yes! This is America

As always, Yes! Magazine produces amazingly insightful thinking on the most compelling issues of the day. Here’s a great example from the managing editor of the magazine, Zenobia Jeffries. Calling on white America to end this joke of a presidency now.


A hope that armed insurrection was the big climax

What an amazing sight! Armed Trump supporters in the US Capitol! There were a few outside the Arkansas capitol too, but they were more polite. Are there Trump supporters in your world? How will this change how you talk to them? Even if you don’t know a single one, they’re a major presence in Arkansas. What will peace people do to relate to these folks who see the world so differently than we do? And exactly how do they see the world? Here are some observations about that. Not from me but from a real expert. This blog is about […]


Rename That Street!

By Ann Mesrobian Earlier this year, the Black Lives Matters movement inspired leaders in Fort Smith to strip the name of Albert Pike, a confederate general and a vociferous white supremacist, from an elementary school and a major N-S arterial. We had a Pike Street here in Fayetteville too, and Ann Mesrobian, who resides on the one-block-long street decided it was time to follow Fort Smith’s example. She proposed to the City of Fayetteville that Pike Street be renamed. After choosing Gecko Lane from a list of pre-approved street names provided by Fayetteville’s GIS department, she gathered signatures of support from her […]


The Joy of Bingeing on 2021

Saying bye to the years of D.Trump and pandemics. This blog is about how Omni folks and their friends can work together to make it through any dark days ahead. We’re looking for the other side of the rainbow and won’t be stopping until we get there. This week is a fantasy tale for the new year, of a world where little boys grow up to save the world by making it more mysteriously beautiful and welcoming. It’d be great if it inspires your own fantasy stories. Read PeaceWeaver post here