Television, The Drug Of The

If The First Casualty Of War Is Innocence, Then Perhaps With Each Bullet Fired, Bomb Detonated, Leader Overthrown, Wall Built, Economy Destroyed And Family Member Killed, We Are Not Creating Goodwill And Harmony, But Rather Another Child Who Believes Violence Is The Only Means To Bring About Change In The World.

Many Kids In Foster Homes Have A Lot Of Emotions That Are Hard To Get Out. It's Important To Let Them Know They Can Make A Difference In The Community.

My Mother And Father Took Me In And Provided Everything For Me - The Love, Nurturing, Basic Necessities - To Give Me The Space To Grow Wings, So That When I Went Out Into The World, I Could Fly.

I Went To Iraq Because I Wanted To See What One Year Of Occupation Had Done To Iraqi Society, And I Went To The West Bank And Gaza Strip Because I Wanted To See What Three Generations Of Occupation Had Done To Palestinian Society. I Found A Lot More Hopelessness And Despair In Palestine.

It Was Hard For Me, As A Father, To Imagine Going Through What My Birth Mom Went Through, To Raise A Child Inside Of Her For Nine Months, And Then Have To Say Goodbye. And So It's Hard For Me To Understand That Pain And That Process.