"He was his normal self," World Peace said.
Power, fame, status and wealth inflates the ego and doesn't evoke an authentic sense of self worth, peace of mind or internal fulfillment.
I thought: Israel wouldn't be so obtuse as to use lethal force on self-described peace activists in international waters with scores of reporters watching.
Wallace believed that Harry Truman's confrontational policy toward the Soviet Union increased the possibility of war, and he ran as a self-identified peace candidate.
That doctrine, published on Sept. 10, a day before the terrorist attacks, defines victory as a "self-sustaining peace and the establishment of the rule of law".
But Bill Galvin, a self-described peace activist who was wearing a T-shirt commemorating the Cyclone's 70th anniversary in 1997, and Dave Fraser, a composer from Midtown Manhattan, were of the back-seat school.
Monis's actions are framed as redemptive, cleansing the fringe, self-styled peace activist of a past that included allegations of fraud, accessory to murder and numerous sexual assaults.
In the coming days and weeks, some cynical Republican leaders who have made their self-serving peace with Trump will put on a show of support for him and claim that all is proceeding normally.
Unfortunately, it is just as important to look at what has not happened since President Bush announced his surge: Iraq's leaders are no closer to making the political deals that are the only hope for building a self-sustaining peace.
Huck discovered adventure, beauty, self-reliance, peace and true human values by rafting down the river.
