Our nation has reached a point where our political, economic, social and environmental challenges seem overwhelming. Here are just a few examples: 50% of children in the U.S. live below or near the poverty line. (Columbia University School of Public Health study here ) 20 individuals now have as much wealth as the poorest 150 million Americans –half …
“My life has been a path at the edge of uncertainty. Today I think we educate kids to be settled in a comfortable chair. You have your job. You have your little car. You have a place to sleep. And the dreams are dead. You don’t roll on a secure path. All of us should …
Fiona Apple - "Extraordinary Machine" - FF to 1:30 - powerful The Pretenders - "Message of Love" - great lyrics TV on the Radio - "Careful You" TV on the Radio - "Trouble" The Lumineers - "Ho Hey" Rage Against the Machine - "Bulls on Parade" - will get you off the sofa Lo Fidelity …
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A fascinating read. . . “I do think there is a fear of freedom – a fear among the powerful that people might find something better to do than create profits for capitalism.” “The end of work as we know it will seem unthinkable – until it has happened.” https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/19/post-work-the-radical-idea-of-a-world-without-jobs?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I agree wholeheartedly with those who say that we need to get great democrats to run and we need to get out and vote for them. There are two additional points, though, that many people across the country seem to be missing. Millions of Democrats are trying to communicate these to other other Democrats. If …
Continue reading IF WE COULD JUST GET THESE TWO POINTS, WE COULD UNIFY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WIN!
Many people say, "Hey - racism and racial incidents were in the past. Get over it and move on. Don't rekindle old issues." The problem is that racism and the brutality that comes with it are NOT just a historical issue. They're STILL an issue. They're a present reality for tens of millions of Americans. …
As the great James Baldwin once said, "Nothing can be changed until it is faced." When is our community going to stop hiding history from our children? York leaders unfortunately have a long record of attempting to avoid honest discussion of the issue of race and discrimination and we see where that has gotten us. …
"Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it. . . Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again." - Steve Jobs
A friend of mine just reminded me of a wise shift of perspective that is pretty helpful when dealing with politics, work and many other challenging arenas. Each of us encounters much adversity each week. We see those challenges as an annoyance, but the truth is they may be just what we need. As the …
Continue reading Who is the teacher? And who is the student?
We need James Baldwin right about now to sort all this out. (Baldwin is in the center in photo above). If you haven't read "The Fire Next Time", "Another Country" & his book of essays "The Price of the Ticket", you're missing out on the powerful wisdom of one of America's greatest writers of all …
