This essay was originally posted on March 31, 2010 at The Rolling Stone Magazine. Matt Taibbi If you want to know what life in the Third World is like, just […]
Continue readingThe Evolutionary Manifesto
John Stewart A completely new phase in the evolution of life on Earth has begun. It will change everything. In this new phase evolution will be driven intentionally, by humanity. […]
Continue readingHow to be Reasonably Happy Most of the Time
I was a student of Maxie Maultsby’s in the 1970s. He taught me a powerful form of psychotherapy that he called Rational Behavioral Therapy. I used Dr. Maultsby’s model, methods, […]
Continue readingHow a Win-Win Gift Exchange Works
Note: This is an updated version (with various rewordings) of an earlier post: GIFTegrity – A Gifting Tensegrity. Timothy Wilken Synergic science is the study of how things can best […]
Continue readingRenewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society
I have been a fan of Ted Trainer for many years. Somehow, I missed this essay first posted in 2008. In the body of the essay, Professor Trainer makes reference […]
Continue readingThe Age of Empathy
This morning’s author challenges us to revisit our thinking about Faith, Reason and Empathy. It’s an exercise well worth engaging. … Enjoy! This essay was reposted from this morning’s edition […]
Continue readingDoing What Is Required
This Winter’s enormous snow falls in the United States has been hailed by the “climate change deniers” as proof positive of their “rightness” and Al Gore’s “wrongness.” They have missed […]
Continue readingCorruption, Culpability and Short-Termism
Two individuals that both go by single names are Ilargi and Stoneleigh of The Automatic Earth. They are the main writing talent for a consistently excellent website covering the decline […]
Continue readingThe Buddha of the North
I came across this article by chance. It interested me, and I thought you might find it interesting. It is about a man named Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1722). Wikipedia states: Swedenborg […]
Continue readingBattle of the Titans
Reposted from OpEdNews. Ellen Brown We are witnessing an epic battle between two banking giants, JPMorgan Chase (Paul Volcker) and Goldman Sachs (Rubin/Geithner). The bodies strewn on the battleground could […]
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