Toward a World that Works for Everyone
I’m sure we’re all deeply relieved that President Trump survived the shooting. Granted nothing is as it seems, the bottom line is he’s alive. The rest is secondary. Did the white hats somehow “allow” the shooting (or certain aspects of it) in order to smoke out folks in the Secret Service? That agency is known […]
Prue Beckow, 1914-1968 When my Dad slugged my Mom and she fell unconscious, I, a seven-year-old at the time who was himself physically abused, said to myself, “I can’t help you now, Mom. But I will help you some day.” It took another thirty or so years to subdue my Father in my own life. […]
United Church moderator Carmen Lansdowne on why the hope of the Resurrection should spur us to envision a more just reality By Carmen Lansdowne, Broadview, April 4, 2022 https://broadview.org/carmen-lansdowne-easter-message/ It’s a beautiful time to be changing the world. “What’s that?” you say. “Things are terrible!” And yes, there are shifting geopolitics — Russia’s war on […]
It’s probably been some time since western societies knew the phenomenon of adult children living at home. But more and more kids are these days. How did things change? I watched it happen. “We” automated the work force, as was predicted in 1950s television. (1) Only whereas TV predicted automation would be a labor-saving device, […]
An enlightened talk with Sohie Grégoire Trudeau: This whole interview is very hopeful! Some highlights: “Little baby steps. . . the little things you do in your life have a ripple effect whether you are investing in your community, at your library, in your classroom, whether you are having a discussion to shift a […]
How this Queens community built $1,000 college savings accounts for all its kids Kristin Toussaint, Fast Company, Feb. 25, 2021 (https://www.fastcompany.com/90606164/how-this-queens-community-built-1000-college-savings-accounts-for-all-its-kids) It’s part of a new program to build wealth for low-income kids across New York City—with a little help from their communities. In 1949, when she was 14 years old, Claudia Coger dropped out […]
2 – 30 minute podcasts for novices, sceptics and enthusiasts to explore the wonders of Basic Income. How to overcome poverty and inequality one episode at a time. Some of the discussion points in the first podcast: the natural resources of this planet are for all the people but many have been excluded from that […]
By Good News Network, January 16, 2021 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/amazon-launches-2bil-housing-fund-in-3-cities/ Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund will help preserve existing housing and help create housing developments through below-market loans and grants to housing partners, public agencies, and minority-led organizations. The Fund seeks to “ensure that moderate- to low-income families can afford housing in resource-rich communities with easy access to […]
Move and countermove is happening in the outside world. Now the President is impeached. And tomorrow…? Our only reliable channels of information on the political scene seem to be intel people and our own galactic and celestial sources. That’s what we have to draw on to put the pieces of the puzzle together. If we […]
