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  • Feeling the Touch of the Goad: A Sense of Urgency as a Spur to Climate Action

    To respond effectively to the threat of climate change, we must shed our complacency and arouse a sense of urgency. The texts of early Buddhism provide us with a psychological model of how this sense of urgency arises and how… Continue reading

  • Alexander the Great: History’s Superstar

    Author Guy MacLean Rogers talks to Truthout about the discovery of a vast tomb in Amphipolis, Greece, which archeologists believe dates back to the era of Alexander the Great. Source: truth-out.org A great speculation with some nice info Continue reading

  • Feast of Saint Francis 2014

    I always adore that the day before my birthday is the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. There is so much to learn about humility, devotion, contemplation, and love from Francis. That is why I usually celebrate my birthday on… Continue reading

    Feast of Saint Francis 2014

  • Online Relationships Are Real

    Social media filters relationships whether we like it or not, and many young people no longer draw a distinction between real and digital interactions. Source: m.theatlantic.com This is does not surprise me really Continue reading

  • Your Ancestors Didn’t Sleep Like You – Are We Doing It Wrong?

    Evidence continues to emerge, both scientific and historical, suggesting that the way in which the majority of us currently sleep may not actually be good for us. In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a paper that included… Continue reading

  • ISIS, the Spectacle of Terrorism: Resisting Mainstream Workstations of Fear

    Fear drives the loss of both our personal and our social power. Fear separates us from our own thinking which stagnates. Fear clouds our evolving presence in the globalizing superstructure. Henry Giroux reveals here how fearfulness is a major component of the Society… Continue reading

  • Neoliberalism has brought out the worst in us

    Paul Verhaeghe: An economic system that rewards psychopathic personality traits has changed our ethics and our personalities Source: www.theguardian.com Continue reading

  • Policing for Wealth

    For Bratton to cite changes in gentrified Williamsburg and Fort Greene as justification for a focus on minor crimes means the strategy is about something other than the reduction of crime: Its about the reduction of the perception of crime.… Continue reading

  • In Defense Of Ms. Hill — Cuepoint — Medium

    No matter what Lauryn Hill decided to do after she gave us The Miseducation, never forget that she already gave us The Miseducation. It was the most critically acclaimed album of 1998 and has become a modern classic. The following… Continue reading

  • Coffee Philosophy

    From the time, effort, and whole lives of the coffee farmers through the selection of beans and roasting by master roasters finally to the cup put in your hand by a professional barista, this is the guiding idea, according to… Continue reading

    Coffee Philosophy