Scot Schraufnagel

Zelenskyy represents the people of Ukraine, but when he said, “Senator Rick Scott, please mute your mic,” he spoke for all peoples.

If you’re hoping that Western sanctions will topple the regime in Russia, here is a thread on why they won’t. 1/n

Minneapolis Honors Police Brutality Victims By Dedicating Armored Vehicles To George Floyd bit.ly/34nNYrV

The first advice offered by the Holy Spirit is, “Live in the present”. There is no better time for us: now, here and now, is the one and only time to do good, to make our life a gift. Let us live in the present!

NEW POST! Check out a new poem up on the blog, "Rinse Cycle" by Autumn Schraufnagel: paperbarkmag.org/paperbark-blog…

Trust in dialogue between individuals and between nations, in multilateralism, in the role of the international organizations, and in diplomacy as an instrument for appreciation and understanding, is indispensable for the building of a peaceful world. w2.vatican.va/content/france…

Developing concern for others, thinking of them as part of ‘us’, brings self-confidence, reduces our sense of suspicion and mistrust, and enables us to develop a calm mind. This is important, because a calm mind can help us better cope with physical discomfort and other problems.

How important it is to learn to be a friendly and outstretched hand! Try to grow in friendship even with those who think differently than you, so that solidarity might growamong you and become the best weapon to change the course of history.

Wow. A fantastic new paper in Election Law Journal does the hard work and creates a cost of voting index for all 50 states. It finds—surprise!—that turnout is lower in states with high costs.

This Congress will likely rank among the least -- if not the least -- productive in modern times. @ktullymcmanus + @nielslesniewski + @sschrauf of @NIU_PoliSci analyze why its prospects are so dismal on the CQ on Congress podcast: rollcall.com/news/podcasts/… @cqnow @rollcall

Time is always moving on; nothing can stop it. We can’t change the past, but we can shape the future. The more compassionate you are, the more you will find inner peace.

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Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. And if we cannot help others, at least we should try not to create pain and suffering for them.

Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children’s brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts, a key element of which has to be the nurturing of our compassionate nature.

Everybody appreciates kindness, but unfortunately our modern education system, with its materialistic goals, doesn’t have much room for inner values. We need to make people more aware of such inner values on the basis of scientific findings, common sense and common experience.

Faithfulness is the characteristic of free, mature and responsible human relationships.

The scientific community today is called to establish a leadership that offers solutions for the sustainable and integral development of all peoples, which is indispensable for building peace. #WorldScienceDay

We need to be determined to achieve positive change, and also be able to take a long view of what needs to be done. What is important is not to become demoralized. Optimism leads to success; pessimism leads to defeat. One person can be the source of inspiration for many others.

We are called to listen to what the Spirit tells us. The Holy Spirit is always something new.

Great pic on #NIU campus