Rhizomes
Leadership For A New Millennium
True Culture: Persevering in the Realm of the “Alternative”
Apr 8th
A few hours ago, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University, Jacob T. Levy tweeted, “I’ve long subscribed to the theory that, culturally, 1999/2000 was our civilizational peak, and now we live in a postapocalytpic hellscape.”
There’s an obvious hint of humor in this statement, but the underlying sentiment is More >
Not My Consensus
Apr 7th
The time has come for us all, rich and poor the world over, to stop and take a collective breath. What do our hearts tell us? Have we lost our intuitive yearning for a better world?
In the winter of 1989, during the gradual collapse of the Soviet Union, Francis Fukuyama gave More >
Our Choice: Partisanship or Collaboration
Mar 20th
Pollintion
What’s On Your Millennial Mind?
Main Senator, Olympia Snowe, announced recently that she will not seek a fourth term in 2012. She states that she does not see any progress being made in Congress because of the “continued partisanship of recent years.” The third term senator is simply tired of the More >
A Force to Reckoned with: How Millennials will govern in a democracy.
Jan 29th
Occupy General Assembly
Setting the stage: Our nation and the world are undergoing a major transformation in governing. Looking back in time we can observe a transformational shift occurring with each major advance of technology. The last ushered in the second industrial revolution of mass production and with it both economic More >
Values Clarification by Popular Protest
Jan 16th
What do they want?
The internet provides both a medium and social network for dissent and discussion among increasingly dissatisfied Americans. Polls show that approximately 70% of Americans of all political persuasions think the country is on the wrong track and Congress is at its lowest (7% approval)point in recent history.
Mainstream More >
What Do “Occupiers” Want?
Nov 27th
The questions heard today; What do the “Occupiers” want? What are their goals and objectives? Who are they? These and other questions trouble mainstream media and viewers.
From a generational perspective, Millennials, who make up the larger share of “Occupy” encampments around the globe, are the “civic” generation just as the More >
On The Cusp of a Global Revolution
Nov 5th
For years we’ve been labeled the “Me Generation”; we’ve been thought of as unmotivated and helplessly apathetic towards the world around us. Did we deserve this? Are we the ones who created this attitude for ourselves? Short answer: no. Each generation is influenced by the conditions of their time and More >
Where do you stand?
Oct 26th
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Let’s call the federal deficit for what it is, a manufactured crisis. Naomi Klein reveals the making of a crisis in Shock Doctrine, the sole purpose of which is to facilitate the move to a Free Market economy within which all markets are unregulated by any parties other than market participants and social programs More >
Could This Be the Call to Action?
Oct 14th
Have we come full circle once again? Occupy Wall Street, Jobs with Justice, and others protests could be the beginning of another revolution in America. Boston’s mayor, has stated, “Civil disobedience will not be tolerated”. His name: Tom Menino. I am not certain that he gets it. This nation was More >
Everywhere, Leadership is…
Aug 22nd
Tempered in the buring sands of...
Opportunity is the Reflection of the Moment
The year was 1966. The United States was at war in South Vietnam and I was midway through a 30 year career as a Marine officer. Our replacement draft of several hundred Marines was to ship out from San Francisco More >