My conversation with an Indigenous/metacrisis-educated AI (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 6)
Dear friends, For many months I’ve been exploring connections between my work, the metacrisis, and Indigenous worldviews and wisdom. Last week I …
To help our caring give its greatest gifts
Dear friends, Our caring about or for something or someone means they are important to us. We are concerned how things turn …
The ground of wisdom is understanding: Israel and Palestine being heard
The Nonviolent Global Liberation’s “Responding to War with Love” statement is the most profound shift I’ve felt in the collective field of mutual …
Ancient Athens didn’t have politicians. Is there a lesson for us?
Few people realize that in ancient Athens – the original democracy from which modern democracies supposedly grew – no one was elected to be a representative. There were no public offices elected by the people. They just didn’t have politicians.* T…
Occupy Year One and the Movement Action Plan
Today’s article by Rebecca Solnit about Occupy Wall Street is fabulous, but she erred on an important fact. She ascribes the following quote abut the state of mind of anti-nuclear activists in the 1978 Clamshell Alliance to journalist Bill Moyers:…
The Surprising History of Federal Taxes on Wealthy Americans
In the debate over tax cuts, it helps to look at the history of U.S. federal income taxes on high-income people. For the last 18 years individuals in the top income tax bracket (those making more than $250,000 to $379,150, depending on the year) h…