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Good and the Fallacy of the Financial Elite
The highest standard of elite in a democracy is the authentic distillation, expression and codification of the public’s authority. Democracy is a public service. Yes, private individuals may have the power to trash the United States White House, but they are not… Continue reading
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Good, Governance and No Skin in the Game
Saying that you have no skin in the game suggests you can be impartial and disinterested in the decisions to be made. Generally that is a good thing to say for a mediator in a mediation. However, in governance, ‘no… Continue reading
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Good, The Next Democracy, Cult, and Traversing the Gulf of Disaster
The Next Democracy Virtue 5 Primacy of priorities for the future generations and the Earth’s care; The idea that humans could alter the composition and process of life to the point where earth might become uninhabitable simply wasn’t on the mind of our 18th century constitution’s authors. In this century… Continue reading
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Good and Building Toward the ‘Shared Public Reality’
The second virtue of a New Democracy (Building Toward the ‘Shared Public Reality’ and Unity) is to lock into a value that when exercised separates a true democracy from the 21st century train wreck now called the Divided States of America (DSA). As a country… Continue reading
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Good and the Paralyzing Limits of Pure Resistance
Like about seven million other patriotic Americans across the nation this writer attended a No Kings Protest in a small town with about only 250 other protesters. But the passion and creativity were on display. This week the signs and… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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