Category: Speaking Our Peace
by Paul Olson, NFP President Emeritus

Let me thank the members of NFP who offered me compassion and love on the death of Fran, my second wife. One cannot ask for more than two beautiful and intelligent wives who cared deeply about peace and justice.
Read morePosted In: Speaking Our Peace
by Paul Olson, NFP President Emeritus

Because Nebraskans for Peace is a 501(c)4 organization, we are limited by law in what we can do electorally.
Read morePosted In: Speaking Our Peace
by Paul Olson, NFP President Emeritus

Recently, the Lincoln NFP Chapter hosted a picnic for my 80th birthday. After the picnic, I wrote to the picnickers:
Read morePosted In: Speaking Our Peace
by Paul Olson, NFP President Emeritus

Paralysis abounds.
Read morePosted In: Speaking Our Peace
by Paul Olson,
NFP President Emeritus

When William Jennings Bryan visited Tolstoy in 1903 to learn about the philosophy of nonviolent resistance from the prophet himself, he asked the great man whether using force to stop an armed man from shooting an innocent child in cold blood would not be in order. Tolstoy replied that he did not believe that such a man existed. On reflection, Bryan agreed.
Read morePosted In: Speaking Our Peace