"The pen is mightier than the sword," wrote Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It’s also mightier than the bullet, the baton, the Molotov cocktail, and broken windows. If the pen is so mighty, are we using it? We have the opportunity and responsibility to use our words for good. Are we speaking and writing about what’s important? Not in hateful ways, spiteful, demeaning ways, but ways that offer understanding, that leave the door open to peace. Ways that show compassion, even for those wi