There will be no post for December 30
Posts will resume on January 6, 2020
UPDATE: The Hastings Center has posted a slightly edited version of the December 6 post from this blog about MAID as a human right. The Center is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan bioethics research institute based in Garrison, New York. It was instrumental in establishing the field of bioethics. Its mission is to address ethical issues in health care, science, and technology. “Is Medical Aid in Dying a Human Right? Another View” can be found here.
I end this year and begin the new one with a song written by Pete Seeger, who would have been 100 years old this year. He died in 2014 and left us this wish.
Well May the World Go [YouTube performance here]
Well may the world go
The world go, the world go
Well may the world go
When I’m far away
Well may the skiers turn
The swimmers churn, the lovers burn
Peace, may the generals learn
When I’m far away
Well may the world go
The world go, the world go
Well may the world go
When I’m far away
Sweet may the fiddle sound
The banjo play the old hoedown
Dancers swing round and round
When I’m far away
Well may the world go
The world go, the world go
Well may the world go
When I’m far away
Well may the world go
The world go, the world go
Well may the world go
When I’m far away
Fresh may the breezes blow
Clear may the streams flow
Blue above, green below
When I’m far away
Well may the world go
The world go, the world go
Well may the world go
When I’m far away
Well may the world go
The world go, the world go
Well may the world go
When I’m far away
Pete Seeger was one of my favorite ‘peacemongers.’
I treasure this song, which I first heard on his album, “The Weavers at Carnegie Hall” …
I share it here with heart-felt wishes of peace for all …
Last night I had the strangest dream
Last night I had the strangest dream
I ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war
I dreamed I saw a mighty room
The room was filled with men
And the paper they were signing said
They’d never fight again
And when the papers all were signed
And a million copies made
They all joined hands end bowed their heads
And grateful prayers were prayed
And the people in the streets below
Were dancing round and round
And guns and swords and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground
Last night I had the strangest dream
I ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war
To hear this song on YouTube, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xukU0yslbk8