Let Go or Be Dragged
When called a quitter in somebody's first-time comment in this space, my initial response was to serve the name-caller a big warm cup of ShutTheFuckUp. Then I gave it a bit more thought. One result is this essay. Contrary to…
Non-attachment in the realm of attachments
by Robin Datta This essay is a response to ulvfugl. Then substitute yourself, or Buddha, or anyone, or ‘a human’ for x, and substitute ‘other’, or ‘world’, or Earth, or biosphere, or ‘life’, or ‘my brother, sister, son, daughter, wife,…
Lifelong Learning: Thoughts on the Journey vs. End Results
by Jennifer Hartley This is the third essay in a series on the topic of why our family is homeschooling (Part I is here and Part II is here). Focusing on the journey, rather than any final achievements, seems to…
The 2012 India Blackouts: A Great Example of How our Education System and Media Coverage are Leaving us in the Dark
by Pepper Givens This summer, hundreds of millions of residents in India endured two days of stalled productivity, traffic jams and pretty much chaos as the country endured back-to-back power outages. Suffering the largest blackout in the planet’s history, the…
What are we fighting for?
In my latest essay in this space I mentioned two phenomena worth fighting for: the living planet and freedom based in anarchy. I surrender. I no longer believe the struggle matters on either front. I no longer think we'll save…
Conspiracy theories or conspiracy facts?
American writer Tracy Kidder points out: "In order to go on with our lives, we are always capable of making the ominous into the merely strange." We ignore ominous warning signs at our own peril. But ignore them we will,…
How The American University was Killed, in Five Easy Steps
by The Homeless Adjunct I'm using this space to recommend a long, insightful essay. The full essay is here, and I've embedded a singular nugget below. "Within one generation, in five easy steps, not only have the scholars and intellectuals…