PinnedMember-onlyA Media Literacy Strategy for Dems to Win the U.S. Senate Runoff in GeorgiaVoters are more likely to elect candidates who educate and empower them rather than try to trick them. If the Warnock campaign applies this principle in Georgia, they can neutralize GOP propaganda and earn the trust of Peach State voters to boost a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate. In…Senate2 min readSenate2 min read
PinnedMember-onlyAlpha Male Rule: Thomas Paine and the story of ‘Jewish royalty’A timely excerpt from Making Global Sense by Judah Freed — by Judah Freed Modern Isreali-Palestiniian hatred and warfare traces back to ancient partriarch Abraham and his “Promised Land.” The confict is made worse by our global addiction to alpha male rule. “The quiet and rural lives of the first patriarchs,” wrote Thomas Paine in his 1776 Common Sense, “hath a…7 min read7 min read
PinnedMember-onlyMan Bites Dog: The Nature and Nurture of Ethical JournalismIn our age of “fake news” with journalists widely distrusted by the public, we may benefit from a better understanding of what good journalists do, how to identify ethical journalism, and how to support more of it. Despite what some pundits would have us believe, good journalists do exist. …Journalism5 min readJournalism5 min read
Mar 9Reality Check on popular expectations for the March 22 ‘Ascension’Excitement is mounting in the metaphysical New Age community about an expected March 22 “Ascension” into higher consciousness. As one working to unite spirituality and reason, as one advocating a world enlightenment, I’ve looked in this anticipated phenomenon of “Ascension” on March 22. Astronomically and astrologically, Pluto enters the constellation…Ascension2 min readAscension2 min read
Sep 22, 2022The Fear Behind Book BanningWhat motivates the people and organizations now actively banning books from schools and libraries? Primal survival instincts drive us to do everything in our power to feel secure. We create a worldview or mindmap that makes sense of the world in ways that help us feel safe. Anything that challenges our worldview threatens our safety, and so we take action to protect ourselves. When…Banned Books Week3 min readBanned Books Week3 min read
Oct 21, 2020Member-onlyA PARABLE OF LIBERTY LOST AND FOUND — Part 9 of 10: Resistance and RenewalAn upsurge of resistance to Bull’s authoritarian policies and personality, finally even among core supporters, helps the opposition party in bi-elections win a slim majority to control both houses of congress. Multi-prong investigations of the Bull presidency proceed. Criminal prosecutions are pending. Articles of impeachment advance in congress. Bull is…Trump5 min readTrump5 min read
May 5, 2018A PARABLE OF LIBERTY LOST AND FOUND — Part 8 of 10: The CoupOne day two weeks before the national election on the island, breaking news rocks each presidential campaign. Turns out that a decade earlier, Jason Bull had unwittingly been recorded on tape boasting to a chum about sexually molesting beautiful women. He confides that he can’t stop himself from kissing them…Politics8 min readPolitics8 min read
Apr 29, 2018A PARABLE OF LIBERTY LOST AND FOUND — Part 7 of 10: PopulismA populist arises. Jason Zack Bull, known as “The Bull,” is famous for being famous. A rich businessman and showman with scant scruples and less wealth than he pretends, Bull senses the discontent of the masses and sees a career opportunity.Bull talks a lot about politics on mass media and…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Apr 22, 2018A PARABLE OF LIBERTY LOST AND FOUND — Part 6 of 10: InjusticeStill more generations pass. The gap widens between men and women. The gap widens between racial groups. The gap widens between rich and poor. A middle class exists for a while, but it shrinks from concentrating wealth at the top. The elites thrive as most folks barely survive. Most live…Poetry6 min readPoetry6 min read
Apr 22, 2018A PARABLE OF LIBERTY LOST AND FOUND — Part 5 of 10: CorruptionMore generations pass. Government makes basic choices that people once made for themselves. Government decides when to harvest a field and where to grind the grain. Government decides who can tend the sick and how much it costs to be ill. Government sets all the rules for commerce and industry…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
