Book Reviews: The Four Agreements and The Mastery of Love
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 Posted in Book Review, Personal Growth, Religion | 1 Comment »I will blog more about the Two Party System and the need for election modernization tomorrow, but today I would like to do a brief review of a couple books I have read recently. The books are familiar to ...
Modernizing Elections in the Age of Information, Part I
Monday, July 16th, 2007 Posted in Politics | 2 Comments »My apologies for a week's break from my series on the Two Party system and an emergent Third Party movement. Today, however, I will resume my discussions of this subject, focusing on electoral reform as an essential part of ...
The Possibilities of Life
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 Posted in Personal Growth | 2 Comments »"Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." -Genesis 1:2At the beginning of every endeavor, and at the beginning of every new stage ...
Temporary Blogging Hiatus
Sunday, July 8th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have been extremely tied up the last few days, and unable to continue my series on the need for an emergent Third Party movement. My plan is to take the weekend to clear my head, and to resume ...
Making Political Power More Fluid
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »On this national holiday, I know that thousands of conservative bloggers will be extolling the virtues of the Declaration of Independence, and Independence Day itself, waxing cliche about Red, White, and Blue, Apple Pie, Mother, and the American Dream. ...
Water and Light
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »A friend of mine sent me this picture yesterday. I have reason to believe it is from the play "White Darkness." Nevertheless, it inspired me to write a poem from the perspective of the person in the picture. ...
Realpolitik and a Return to Global Pragmatism: The Foreign Policy of an Emergent Third Party
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 Posted in Politics | 3 Comments »Yesterday got away from me, and I didn't get to blog. I actually had my blogger window open and the title already written, and then all of my time was snatched from me somehow. But I hope to ...
Ideological Balance: Third Parties and the New Third Way
Sunday, July 1st, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »This morning I am going to resume my series on the potential for a Third Party to successfully make its way into American politics. Today's post is going to be about the ideology of a successful Third Party, and ...
Pursuing One’s Personal Legend
Sunday, July 1st, 2007 Posted in Personal Growth, Psychology | 1 Comment »For those of you who have read The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo, you will recognize the reference to the title of this blog. The main character in this wonderful work of literature is found reading attempting to read a ...