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The Next Democracy

Given the critical times we are in this Project has proposed a very short, succinct body of language to re-introduce the idea of democracy to the 21st Century. We no longer can afford to compete for points on the scale of mutual hatred. We must find language that addresses the critical stress point of democracy in our world today. Click below, read, comment and do a pre-vote if you see something to which you can commit.

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  • Good and Power

    For some people good and power are contradictions and for others, near perfect synonyms. Of course both positions are false which is why we have two different words representing two distinct forces in this universe. The formal definitions of these… Continue reading

  • Good, Despair, and Broken Narratives

    There is no lack of opportunity to feel anger and despair. We live in a time where such emotions thrive. The rage of this historic moment spreads like mold, first sticking and disarming the very words we need to find… Continue reading

  • Good and Once Again, More Violence

    Entering the realm of violence is a one way journey. Crossing that threshold you cannot turn around and undo the the explosion of consequences that ripple down the stream and across the pond expanding the center of the violent act.… Continue reading

  • Good, Penalty and Civil Disobedience

    David French in his NYT article (Colleges have Gone Off the Deep End. There Is a Way Out) on college protests quoted Martin Luther King in his treatment of the conduct of civil disobedience. He writes: “the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther… Continue reading

  • Good, E Pluribus Unum, and Majority Rule

    The idea of e pluribus unum or ‘one out of many’ not only has roots in, but is in fact, ‘the root’ of the idealism underlying the tradition of the United States. Majority rule is a rough approximation of a solution to… Continue reading

  • Good, Efficacy, and Authoritarian Government

    I have carefully walked around all the ‘isms” on this website because I feel we need to speak from the heart sometimes or, as you may know by now, respond freely with discipline to our feeling states. Joy, inspiration, rage,… Continue reading

  • Good, Paradox and Oblivion

    What is the difference between paradox and nonsense? I have listened to any number of lectures, talks, and simple conversations and walked away simply shaking my head wondering if there was any sense in what I just heard regarding the… Continue reading

  • Good, Accountability, Justice

    We have had two trials this month of national importance. In both trials it seems justice was served, but to what end? Both parties, former President and current President’s son were found guilty by a jury. Both parties face sentencing… Continue reading

  • Good, AI, and the daughter of this earth

    Nouf Aljowaysir is a young woman who lived Saudi Arabia until she moved to the United States, who like so many people in this age of disapora finds herself no longer in the country of her birth, and feeling a need… Continue reading

  • Good and Moral Humiliation

    The only thing good and greed share is their first letter g. The accumulation of great personal wealth beyond a certain measure should be humiliating, embarrassing and shameful. Pull back the blankets on today’s international tragedies and the disparity of… Continue reading

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