by Michael Lerner | Nov 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
November 2020 Dear Commonweal Friends: I hope this personal letter finds you well. Writing weeks before you receive this letter is an almost impossible task. The Republic is at risk. Our world is changing in ways we can scarcely imagine. But Commonweal rises to meet...
by Michael Lerner | Jul 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Commonweal Friends: I hope this letter finds you well. This time has been unlike anything we have ever seen. This brave new world has all of us hard at work bringing our programs online, building our resilience infrastructure, and adapting our work to the fierce...
by Michael Lerner | Apr 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, When older people greet each other from six feet away, I’ve heard them say: “I’d like a younger person to get the ventilator.” But ventilators are no panacea for COVID-19, reports National Public Radio: Most coronavirus patients who end...
by Michael Lerner | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Loneliness, Mother Teresa said, is the poverty of the West. Never has that been more true. We are urged to “shelter in place,” away from our work, schools, friends, family, lovers, and all the places we love. Not everyone listens. The young are in the...
by Michael Lerner | Mar 3, 2020 | Resilience, Uncategorized
Dear Friends, The first thing to overcome with the coronavirus is fear. The virus is certainly dangerous. The likelihood is we will need to learn to live with it. A “new normal” will emerge with its own protocols for traveling, meeting, caring for each...
