Fran Sheldon by C.R. Spicer At noon on August 6, in heat index values of 100 degrees, six people gathered at the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania facility of Lockheed Martin to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and rebuke Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer.   Chief among U.S. war contractors, Lockheed Martin is developing and building Trump’s “Golden Dome,” a multi-billion-dollar Star Wars continental defense system, at the King of Prussia site, and their sibling sites across the country. The Congressional Budget Office reported in May 2026 that it will cost $1.2 Trillion to develop, deploy, and operate over 20 years. previously described as costing $175 billion over time. The 38th consecutive witness to mourn the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and model the urgency of abolishing nuclear weapons. They waved peace flags, carried protest signs, and tolled the historic peace bell of the Brandywine Peace Community.   ”We are d...

 By her contagious confidence, Pat McSweeney made you aware of a greatness you could realize or "what loving yourself you could accomplish," said friend and fellow advocate for peace and justice, Frances Jeffries. Jill Stein, M.D. former presidential candidate of the Green Party USA said of Pat "She was my teacher and leader and good friend--from the days of relocalization and Peak Oil back decades ago--Pat inspired me on and taught me about Catholic Liberation in the Americas. She knew everybody and connected us. She was a Tree of Life. She coached me on what to wear saying 'You need to embody your hope in your attire.' To this day I think if Pat would approve."  "Pat was remarkable for her joy, her peace; she was never gloom and doom," said her second cousin Mary Ellen. The families emigrated from Kiloren, County Kerry, Ireland. Mary Ellen's parents, her father a Foley, settled in Roslyndale and then West Roxbury, while Pat's settled in T...

  Tell me a story about zebras. No flamingos. No, no, zebras.     Once upon a time in the great  praire  lands of Africa, south of Tanzania, and northern Kenya, it was the  morning of  third day of the migration .  In the end of rain season,  zebras crossed the  praire   lands  for   the eastern rivers.   They  traveled as one great herd, parting the high grasses at their chests. It was  in the midst of  such  g rasses  that predators could hide and stalk the oldest and weakest, sick or injured.   Zefra , leader of Zebras, rose and addressed the  zebra  guard, those who took the perimeter .  “ We are near our journey’s end. We rise today tired,  hungry  and thirsty. We have traveled through the greatest part of the journey. We begin  to end our journey now. We shall travel all day, slowly, staying together ,  and  we will end our journey this evenin...