Good and the Paralyzing Limits of Pure Resistance

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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

  • 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, 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, 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 What to Believe in the Age of Clickbait

    There comes a time when one has to believe your eyes and if you can’t take your eyes to the scene you must believe the eyes of the credible people who are more like you than the propaganda machine we… 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: 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 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

  • Good, Warfare, the New Lawfare, and Obscene Private Wealth

    I am aware that a vast majority of Americans could no more financially survive a protracted lawsuit than they could physically survive a bomb being dropped on their house in the middle of the night.  There are, however, a growing… Continue reading