Here is why pro-Palestine protests will NOT backfire.
I read the article by kos, on the pro-Palestine protestors, and was very much surprised by the contents. Kos is someone whose word I very much looked forward to, back in 2004 (I think, when I first...
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Slaveholding as transformative technology
Marshall McLuhan, critic of media and culture who famously wrote “The Medium Is the Message,” also said the following in a 1979 lecture:[T]here are the effects of changes in man himself which result...
View Article3 Leadership Lessons from John Woolman
We currently face at least six pandemics in our world: 1) COVID-19 2) Racism 3) War 4) Police brutality and militarization of police 5) Climate change 6) Economic inequity In the face of these...
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Why I Write
Me age 15I continue to podcast chapters of my autobiographical novel based on my odyssey backpacking through Western Europe in 1973 at age 18. There appear to be at least a handful of people who are...
View ArticleHumanity is on a Collision Course with Reality
A Call to ActionSlowly . . . unrelenting . . . perceptibly and imperceptibly . . . accelerating . . . humanity is deconstructing the web of life and distancing itself from its lifeline . . . from its...
View ArticleAn RN writes a letter to Police
8/20/20 Dear Police Officers,Thank you for your civil service. So many of you serve your communities honorably and have saved many lives.Nevertheless, I have a few critical questions to ask. We can...
View ArticleTime to Choose
At the CrossroadsIn the midst of plague and protest,with the bones of injustice laid bareand the stench of greed everywherein our beleaguered nation,when every action is politicizedand every thought...
View Article3 Leadership Lessons from John Woolman
We currently face at least five pandemics in our world:1) COVID-192) Racism 3) Police brutality and militarization of police 4) Climate change5) Economic inequityIn the face of these pandemics and the...
View ArticleReaping the Whirlwind: where we are; what is next; what we do now.
I have written little lately. When I sit down to try, I find myself overwhelmed by the barrage of information about our present situation or unable to write quickly enough to address what is most...
View ArticleThere is Such Power in the Ability to Choose
Native American Snake Dancers seek out their Serpents, and while ceremoniously Dancing and Singing/Chanting amongst the roiling, coiling creatures are often Bitten - Poisoned. As their Bodies, Minds...
View ArticleIt's Alright to be White
It’s alright to be WhiteIt’s alright to be White,and proud to be born free,though a history of Racism and hatecreates disparity, disunity,partiality.Don’t perpetuate the hate,don’t deny the lie, of...
View ArticlePresident Dark UnderBelly of America
Yes, Mr. Trumpty is truly the President Dark UnderBelly of America. And when Dark UnderBellies rumble and grumble the Whole world stumbles and crumbles !He has always Symbolized and Acted Out such...
View ArticleMetamorphosis
Morowitz has presented the case, in thermodynamic terms, for the hypothesis that a steady flow of energy from the inexhaustible source of the sun to the unfillable sink of outer space, by way of the...
View ArticlePresidents, Revolution, and Organizing
Leadership is commonly defined as the ability to mobilize followers. This definition prevails throughout society — with grassroots activism, private businesses, foreign policy, and elsewhere. But...
View ArticlePromote Democratic Equality
Increasing authoritarianism calls for deep commitment to democratic equality. Winning elections is not sufficient. Popular movements with supermajority support are needed to sustain meaningful change....
View ArticleNew Scientific American article on Today's Biggest Threat: The Polarized Mind
The Polarized Mind is Today’s Biggest ThreatKirk J. Schneider, Ph.D. Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University; author of The Polarized Mind and member of Better Angels, USA; visit...
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Coming Down -- I think it's over now, I think it's ending
Two of my favorite songs from my childhood — a wild, colorful era of my life.The United States of America — a psychedelic rock band from waaay back:Coming Down [as in, from an acid trip, but it works...
View ArticleA Conservative Bastion No More: How Obama Transformed the 4th Circuit, and...
What if we could take perhaps the second- or third-most powerful court in the country, a favorite court of conservatives, and install a liberal/progressive majority instead? What if this is not a...
View ArticleA Soul's Yearning Burning
Long Standing little Cruelties Wear you down Break you down Bring you to deep Suffering and Despair Drip, drip R-r-r-r-r-ip At the Seams of a Heart, Mind and Soul Can turn a Being into a Weary Wanderer...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: No Legless Guys Here
Not asking anyone to chug green beer, wear a shamrock, or drive those legless guys off the island. I didn’t realize my KTK would be St Pats day and the percent of my ancestry that is Celtic hasn’t been...
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