A friend of ours had a baby last week.  One minute she’s huffing and puffing and twenty pounds over fighting weight, and the next minute… actually 27 hours later… she’s lying in a hospital bed breast feeding a beautiful new addition to the family.  Pretty awesome when you stop and think about it.  As for […]

If a butterfly flaps it’s wings in China, so the old saying goes, a hurricane in Britain will not be far behind.  The point, of course, is that even though we may not be able to see it, everything is connected and just like an inflated balloon, you can’t push it in here without something […]

Last post we spoke about how money is becoming more and more important in American politics to the point where you have to be filthy stinking rich to even consider running for or holding any kind of state or national office.  Well it’s even worse than that. Read more about The Corporate Elector

In case anyone hasn’t noticed, the reality of American politics and the democracy it purports to uphold have changed quite a bit since that day almost two hundred fifty years ago when a new nation was born with the intention of giving voice in governance to the people rather than leaving that role in the […]

There are no straight lines in nature.  No shore lines, mountain ridges, tree trunks, river beds, meteorite paths, wave patterns, or human spines.  Why then should we expect our personal and communal lives to be any different? Read more about The Arc of Life

Self interest is getting a bum rap.  I mean here we are living inside these individually packaged flesh and blood bodies that clearly define us as separate beings and we’re not supposed to do our best to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative?  You must be kidding! Read more about Self Interest and The […]

I have been watching the Olympics on TV. Not that I’m particularly into winter sports, or, for that matter, anything done in cold weather. However, I am absolutely drawn and fascinated by the athletes, these beautiful young people from around the world who have not only dedicated their lives to their art, but in so […]

The world recently witnessed a major tragedy, a natural occurrence of catastrophic proportions that focused our feelings and mobilized our energies like nothing has since the last natural occurrence of catastrophic proportions.  Humans are funny that way. The worst always seems to bring out the best. Read more about Speaking of Haiti

Happy New Year. Hooray! Last year is over. The new year is upon us. Out with the negative. In with the positive. The stock market’s going to go up. My weight is going to go down. This is the year we turn it all around. Right? Read  more about Welcome to 2010