I just spent two weeks visiting South Africa and Tanzania with a small group from Florida and Georgia, and working with a Turkish ex-pat community. I made new friends, learned a great deal, and came back refreshed and energized. But above all else, in those who planned and executed on our trip, I experienced compassion… Read More »
Insidious Privilege And The Tyranny Of Democracy
All of us are affected by privilege. For those with privilege – even those of us who are somewhat aware of it – it is really hard to see. But it is really obvious to its victims and those oppressed, to whom it does great harm. One of the most important, meaningful and rewarding journeys… Read More »
The Positive Economics Going Off Grid
Shortly after Beth and I moved into our new home in Clarkston, we started working on cultivating our garden. In a preliminary move which entertained the neighbors no end, we rented a trip of goats – twenty of the creatures, to be precise – which, accompanied by a Great Pyrenee to guard them, spent three… Read More »
Think Big and Dream Even Bigger: A New Hope?
The weekend of January 20-22 was one of great emotion and energy. On Friday the 20th, hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the mall in Washington DC , and far more turned on their TV’s, to celebrate the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States of America. And on… Read More »
My Reflections on 2016 and Aspirations for 2017
What did 2016 mean for you? And how does this inform your aspirations for 2017? 2016 was a year marked by the humanitarian horrors of Syria, by the polarization of Turkey, by Brexit, and by any number of grotesque acts of terrorism. Within the USA we’ve experienced maybe the most divisive and unpleasant American presidential… Read More »
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