Good, Sparks, Fire, and the New Cultural Arsonists

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  • Good, Sparks, Fire, and the New Cultural Arsonists

    Having grown up living my life in the Rocky Mountains I have acquired an instinctive respect and fear of a drought ravaged forest in the fall of the year.  One can smell the dryness of the forest and its fuels. … Continue reading

  • Good, Beauty/Bad and Saving your Resisting Life

    Writer Marilyn Robinson said in an interview with Peter Wehner in a New York Times article that “the idea of beauty is a Signature of God”.  She went on to say: “I think we accepted a kind of functionalism as the… Continue reading

  • Good, Democracy and the Titanic’s Deck Furniture

    There are metaphors that stand the test of time.  Theologian Marcus Borg once said ‘a model is a metaphor that works. This is a “Titanic” time in politics. The Titanic’s deck furniture and how it was arranged just before it… Continue reading

  • Good, Hatred, Addiction, and “What’s Love Got to do with it?”

    We live in a time when Tina Turner’s question of “what’s love got to do with it?” is maybe the most important question of the age.  “What’s love but a second hand emotion?” seems the response and sales pitch of our present… Continue reading

  • Good and the Humanitarian as Terrorist

    If you listen to the current news cycle you begin to wonder when concern for fellow human beings will soon be labeled as a act of terror. Mind you this post is not about violence because violence requires one suspend… Continue reading

  • Good and Power’s Purpose

    In reading a New York Times article interviewing younger Americans who voted for the current administration I came away with the sense the only thing they absolutely agreed upon is the opposition party (in this case Democrats) lacked coherent identity… Continue reading

  • Good and Rebuilding the Left and the Right in Politics

    If politics are ever going to help America out of its current dilemma we have to change the political paradigm.  Current left and right wings are becoming calls for conflict and violence. Extremists on both wings are almost always authoritarian. … Continue reading

  • Good and the New Dog Whistlers of the USA

    A dog whistle in actual use operates at a pitch just beyond the range of human hearing. If you see a dog respond to a human with a dog whistle and are unaware of the whistle’s uses uses you are… Continue reading

  • Good and Leadership’s Shame

    It is hard and sorrowful to live in a country where the President himself acts as if ashamed of the American story. The current leadership is so ashamed they strive to erase all the dark and hard dimensions of the… Continue reading

  • Good, Governing, Story, and the Insidious Anecdote

    Mistaking an anecdote for a larger trend has been, is and will continue to be a fatal error in building public policy. When intentionally transforming a few anecdotes or stories, true or not, into a trend you have an evil strategy.… Continue reading