Good, Democracy and the Titanic’s Deck Furniture

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  • 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 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, Self Harm, and Arresting the American Work Ethic

    If we Americans were collectively a teenager we would be in therapy for cutting on ourselves.  How very odd that we would arrest one the of support beams of this sprawling concept called the ‘American Work Ethic’.  Keep in mind… Continue reading

  • Good, and Kidnapping History

    The is a problem with foisting the truth of history and replacing it with a knockoff.  Truth is like a snowball in the child’s hot hands who takes the snowball into the warm house to show Mom.  It melts, disappears… Continue reading

  • Good, Gold, and Gilding: A Deception

    The Gilded Age entertainments so popular these days, are in reality, shows of obscenely wealthy people living in golden bird cages mounted on the backs of the working poor and middle class.  Those glittery people’s lives are made possible by… Continue reading

  • Good, Honor, and Evil: The Brothers at Odds

    When a father, husband or son executes a young woman for disobedience to the family’s honor code, whatever that code is, how does the word ‘honor’ fit with that killing? This is a question some countries and cultures are attempting… Continue reading

  • Good: and the Kryptonite Called Division

    The futility of our times is we keeping sharpening the blades of rage be those blades sarcastic humor, or outright disgust; aversion backed by our version of “facts” only to remain ever more mired in a dangerous deadlock. This is… Continue reading

  • Good: Liberal Arts, and History’s Patterns to be Broken

    This writer was once a consultant for organizations struggling for direction relative to mission.  One afternoon I was the only male sitting with a group of much younger professional women after a fruitful afternoon of organizational work.  In the post… Continue reading

  • Good and the Slow Walk to Hell

    What is going on with immigration will redefine the history of this nation. Beckett and Kafka recognized the seeds of this problem long ago. The humane solution to the immigration problem is the administration of a rational law and funding… Continue reading