As originally published in the Concord Monitor January 3rd, 2026 For reasons we don’t know, nor need to know, our planet Earth is alive in a galaxy that seems to be little more than rock, gas and space. Yet, we live in a country that seeks to instill a normalized game of permanent rules and divisive structures atop a living organism. Our society, with its pursuit of dominance via labor, construction, technology and blood is building a cancer through the raw materials of Mothe