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Good, winning, losing, and elections in real life
What do you do when an election looks more like real life than a sporting event? I enjoy watching sporting events and at the same time scratch my head about why sports feel so good at times . Maybe it… Continue reading
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Good, truth, Truth, error and election day
Some years ago I attended a lecture by a Buddhist writer named Stephen Batchelor who spoke on the critical difference between upper case ‘Truth’ and lower case ‘truth’. My brutal summary of his elegant talk is that the lower case… Continue reading
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Good, Trauma and our Children’s future
Every act of violence has roots that tap into and are fed by history. The gardener recognizes the pattern. The wild weeds of violence are not discouraged easily by the scythe. The root remains, survives the winter, and sends up… Continue reading
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The Good Leader and a Path Forward
The good leader lights the fire, but the fuel for the fire’s resilience resides in those being led. As we watch the poll numbers of various groups coming to their decisions for this next election, it is becoming clear that… Continue reading
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Good and the minority position in democracy
In just a few weeks approximately slightly less than 50% of American voters will feel themselves in the political minority. In this age of unbridled, often undisciplined rage we need to take stock and be concerned. In a democracy, majority… Continue reading
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A deeply radical journey down from the extremes
The most radical act we may have to offer is a deep form of transparency with ourselves and others. Extremism only requires a capacity to acquire an ideology or a creed and the motivation suspend internal integrity to act in the… Continue reading
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Good, Evil, Safety and Mental Health
I have avoided as much as possible using the word evil throughout this blog because I find, like the word ‘good’, it has been loaded in terms of meaning with so much baggage. I decided early to focus on good because… Continue reading
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Good and the Reinforcement of Hope
I am reworking aspects of the website for the Good Decision Project starting with the homepage. While “The Conversation” or blog dimension of the site has shown signs of life, the website has been underwhelming in terms of response and… Continue reading
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Good, Cooperation, and Shared Sacrifice
I have recently found the general political landscape in such chaotic shape as we lurch and sway toward the November elections that I was recently pleasantly surprised to encounter a piece news that might even suggest hope. The New York… Continue reading
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Good, Core Belief and Engineered Ignorance
In my routine scan of this nation’s Sense of Democracy I had to stop this morning while scanning the commentary in The Fulcrum to think about about the term ‘core belief’ and the politicians who have compromised or abandoned their… Continue reading
“One lives a good life through making good decisions and continually going to that place in you where you find your good.”
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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