The True Believer
It’s been many years since I read The True Believer, by Eric Hoffer, but this time around was just as educational as the last time. The book is short – 168 pages – and I read it in a few … Continue reading →
Up Against the Wall, Again
I had a run-in, if you want to call it that, with a good friend, via e-mail. She is an inveterate political junkie and she sent me an e-mail that that contained a post by Paul Craig Roberts that referred … Continue reading →
Steps on the Long and Winding Road
July 31st, the date of my last post, seems so very long ago. I’m not sure how I got to my present state from John Michael Greer’s posts that I mentioned in my last post, but here goes the journey … Continue reading →
Wisdom and Age
I don’t have a lot of time to go into the details or tie things into neat little packages, but the fact that I’ve finally tunneled down to the root of all evil has been a revelation to me. I … Continue reading →
Conversations With Myself
Social Dominance was quite an interesting and eye-opening book, and I may go back and read it again. What it highlighted for me is how important it is to understand hierarchies – how they work, their structure, their function, their … Continue reading →
Social Dominance Theory
I’ve had the book, Social Dominance, by Jim Sidanius and Felecia Pratto, lying around my house for a couple of years now. I hadn’t gotten around to reading it because I wasn’t ready for the ideas that it contains, apparently. … Continue reading →
Right Wing Authoritarians
Like most people these days, I don’t read as many blogs as I used to. But I still read some that I think are important. One of those is Ian Welsh’s blog – www.ianwelsh.net. One of his posts, on the … Continue reading →
The Fallacy of “There Is No Choice”
An article published on the website of The Socialist Appeal cuts to the core of my objections to Obama. There is a choice, but it does not involve voting for the lesser evil. It involves the hard work of convincing … Continue reading →
Wisdom from Ernest Callenbach
Epistle to the Ecotopians By Ernest Callenbach [This document was found on the computer of Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach (1929-2012) after his death.] To all brothers and sisters who hold the dream in their hearts of a future world in … Continue reading →
Wisdom From Albert Camus
In these difficult times, wisdom comes from an unexpected source: Albert Camus. These words jumped out at me: “… I must state that I will never again be one of those, whoever they be, who compromise with murder…” Exactly right, … Continue reading →