Football season is fully underway and usually I would be hooting and howling at every spectacular catch. I still appreciate a good play but I can’t get out of my head the image of some players beating their wives and driving recklessly. The Olympics and soccer world cup are on the horizon to include USAContinue reading “Upon reflection and clearer vision, certain things no longer appeal to me”
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Time for a 10–13 Society
All for one & one for all. Watch each others backs We’ve all watched cop shows. The radio announces a 10–13 in progress. An officer needs assistance! Sirens blare. Lunch break interrupted. Cops rush to assist fellow officers. Their personalities, attitudes, cultures and backgrounds may differ but responding to the call, they are of oneContinue reading “Time for a 10–13 Society”
The storm is inevitable but responses can be practical
First let’s set the stage and put all the cards on the table. The American empire and our capitalist American dream is in decline. Consider the following: USA lost every foreign engagement since WW2. Korea was at best a draw. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, all lost military endeavors, all big mistakes. Vietnam and Iraq we shouldContinue reading “The storm is inevitable but responses can be practical”
Look upstream to the systemic sources of our angst to find the culprits
Don’t waste time/energy at the waterfall, look upstream to sources of problems As the fire hose of accusations, recriminations, distractions and chaos fills our consciousness, I think of the fable concerning the valiant but unsuccessful effort to prevent babies from cascading over the waterfall. The moral of the story is a plea to travel upstream toContinue reading “Look upstream to the systemic sources of our angst to find the culprits”