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When Inequality Becomes Injustice
I’ve been thinking about oligarchy, the problem Bernie Sanders keeps bringing up. Clearly, it undermines democracy because it puts the powerful in the driver’s seat and disenfranchises the less powerful, less monied citizens. Pâté de foie gras for the 1%, insufficient bread and milk for the 99%….
Can We Prepare for a Second Renaissance?
While that question may sound preposterous under current circumstances, it deserves attention because we live in a time of serious disruption, and such disturbance can give rise to deep questioning and fresh thinking about how we want to live on earth and set our priorities....
Is “All Men Are Created Equal” Nonsense?
It’s possible for the same statement to be both untrue and profoundly true at the same time, depending on the lens through which you see it. “All men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence is a good example of this..
POEMS OUT OF MUSIC Gluck, “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from Orfeo (Joshua Bell)1
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare.
— Keats
The Meeting
In the land of perpetual spring they meet again, Orpheus and Eurydice, and the light in garlands falls about them…