A friend made me aware of the Seasteding Institute, an organization that aspires to use modified oil-rig platforms as labs for experimenting with new governmental forms. My alarms went off when he said that some of the backers of the …
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This must be the year of change… The US President rode into office on a platform promising change (although he seems to be forgetting that). So, in keeping with this change theme, I’ve decided to change my life, or at …
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Watching “Enron: The Smartest Guy in The Room” now – in the midst of the financial crisis – is eerie. The Too Big To Fail banks are all over that one as well. Citibank, JP Morgan, Chase, Credit Swisse, the …
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Our current capitalist system, especially the unregulated variety in the US, is built around ideas that are fundamentally not life affirming. The system is built on the idea of growth, which ultimately is unsustainable. The idea of growth drives critical …
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Some relationships seem to be based on the exploitation of inner resources – viewing love as a commodity rather than something that’s freely flowing, unrestricted. But this doesn’t happen just between people. The whole capitalist system is built on it: …
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I find it mind-boggling that some people think that now that our economy is going down the drain, we cannot possibly worry about things like global warming. Huh? Ever heard of the WPA? Maybe it’s easier to remember the WPA …
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