Rappoport takes the premise noted in Corbett’s blackmail report and adds detail, color, the complex dynamics of corporate greed that corrupts individual members of Congress via blackmail as reflected in the TV series, “House of Cards,” — which I watched a few weeks ago, and found myself riveted. Not that I wanted to be. Not […]
Read MoreOne of my fb “friends” recommended this video. I watched it, following this beautiful little survivor’s moving story until the end, when I sensed it turn false, as if someone had put her up to it. “Be the change you wish to see.” “What are you waiting for.” Unfortunately, these two exhorations are so common […]
Read MoreThe average debt for students today is $27,000. Total student debt exceeds $1.1 trillion, exceeds total credit card debt and condemns many students to life-long debt-slavery. That venerated elder Bernie Sanders — and newly elected Elizabeth Warren — are the only official voices raised, will the interest rate actually double on July 1, from 3.4% […]
Read MoreI woke up to peak oil, and how it demonstrates the need for transforming our society from the bottom up, starting with growing our own food, in 2004, when I attended an intentional community conference and happened to catch the just released and now justly-famous movie on Cuba, The Power of Community. This one-hour long […]
Read MoreEyes wide open? Or “Eyes Wide Shut.” Just in case you haven’t figured out yet that puppets are not born, but made. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pfXxl0PX__g]
Read MoreThis essay brilliantly synthesizes the multiple strands of narrative and meaning that have pushed Edward Snowden’s flight to the edge, where nations define their borders and where, as permaculture teaches, “all the action is.” He symbolizes the resurgence of personal conscience that drives each of us to be and do the very best we can […]
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