CALL ME MAGGIE

Keith “Maggie” Brown

  • The Croney Capitalism Blowout

    Originally posted on Dead Wild Roses:   Why do things happen the way they do?  Why do certain segments of society do well when everyone else is being hammered?  Some would say through being “smart” and “working hard”, but that… Continue reading

  • Recalling This Beautiful Order

    In attempting to philosophize as a way of life, I have often “translated” many terms/concepts into a single notion that would comprehend the nuances of diverse sages across time & cultures. Whether I succeed is another story entirely. A particularly… Continue reading

  • A Wide World of Compassion

    I contemplate a great deal how the Great Sages & Ancestors all say so many of the same things. Comparative philosophy leads to an open embrace of all peoples. Compassion is a wide road, even if not the easiest one… Continue reading

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  • Originally posted on advocatemmmohan aksharaalu: No doubt English: A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui). Français : Une Vanesse du chardon. Русский: Бабочка репейница. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) every one is unique Still follow the world later world follows you No theory… Continue reading

  • World’s 100 richest earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty 4 times over — RT

    The world’s 100 richest people earned a stunning total of $240 billion in 2012 – enough money to end extreme poverty worldwide four times over, Oxfam has revealed, adding that the global economic crisis is further enriching the super-rich. “The… Continue reading

  • Textimony 20130120

    In harmony? No need for sages. In discord? Needing sages. Heed their answers & not the question? Needing scholars. Adopt scholarship? Tyranny of authority. Source: asianart.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120105

    Everywhere we consume & partake, seeking satisfaction. Yet only in abandoning this quest to be full do we ever achieve true abundance. Source: thevelardes.blogspot.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Continue reading

  • Creating Oneself Endlessly

    “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ― Henri Bergson Continue reading

  • What’s Worth Learning: How Outdated Curricula are Failing America’s Students

    Cut through the hype and the ideology-driven political rhetoric and it’s clear that, decade after decade, institutional performance nationwide changes little. Even schools considered models and pointed to with pride—upscale, beautiful, well-staffed, shipping high percentages of their graduates off to… Continue reading

  • Henry A. Wallace, The Danger of American Fascism

    A 1944 piece very much worth consideration by then Vice President Wallace. The obvious types of American fascists are dealt with on the air and in the press. These demagogues and stooges are fronts for others. Dangerous as these people… Continue reading

  • I am not all that concerned by athletes being allowed to use steroids and other methods. Whether the use of perfromance enhancers is good or bad, this or that, is beside the point here. At issue is excellence of character.… Continue reading

  • Frozen flow

    Source: garyschollmeier.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest As always, something eye catching from This Beautiful Order, this Embracing Lifeworld, at Master Schollmeier’s blog. Continue reading

  • Originally posted on ABC of Spirit Talk with Carolyn Page : All That Jazz – January George Gershwin – Classical Jazz Rhapsody in Blue Club de Belugas ft. Fred Astaire Puttin’ On The Ritz Electro Jazz Nat King Cole –… Continue reading