Scott Adams author of my favorite comic strip character and author of Dilbert Blog has had two consecutive great posts. Actually he’s had numerous insightful posts, but the last two seem more timely than ever.
Philosophy
E pluribus unum
Out of many one. This is one of the original mottoes of the United States of America. It doesn’t get much attention these days as politicians seek to divide us. It occurred to me that politics can be yet another form of violence and terrorism.
A breath of fresh air
The presidential candidate debates have been pretty dry with a few exceptions like Dennis Kucinich, Senator Gravel and Rep. Ron Paul. All three have been cast as outside the mainstream.
Remember when?
Whenever a civilization perishes, there is always one condition present. They forgot where they came from. –Carl Sandburg I read the this quote and I thought of it’s application to many areas of my life but also our lives as people and as citizens of the world and our particular countries. Failure to remember when … Read more
Accu-wrath
Bill Maher strikes the funny bone again with the Accu-Wrath weather forecast.
Nonviolence invites us to…
I first read this a year ago and it is true or truer now than then. Nonviolence invites us: * To learn to recognize and respect the sacred in every person, including in ourselves, and in every part of creation. The acts of the nonviolent person help to free this sacredness in the opponent from … Read more
Leaders? What Leaders?
Last week in a phone conversation with my Mother I learned of a new book by an old favorite. Lee Iacocca who along with Jimmy Carter and the U.S. Congress rescued Chrysler from bankruptcy has authored a new book. Iacocca was a breath of fresh air twenty years ago and at eighty-two years young he’s still full of vitality.