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Retired, reformed capitalist, recovering consumer, quasi-luddite, artist, self-published poet, spiritual growth activist, animal rights advocate and Reiki master - originally from New Jersey, now living near the great urban experiment called Detroit.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, January 13, 2012 The Great American Money Myth
A discussion of the fallacies surrounding the concept of wealth in America, with the central premise that the possibility of becoming wealthy as it is held out to the average American is a willful deception .
(32 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 21, 2016 Long as You Buy, Big Food Doesn't Care If You Live or Die
The agriculture, dairy, food processing and retail industries only care about squeezing out every penny of profit - at the expense of the public's physical, emotional and spiritual health. The consumer's health and happiness are of no concern, despite the industry propaganda.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, March 3, 2014 The Alarm From Easter Island
The story of Easter Island provides a clear warning about the exploitation of cultural and environmental resources.
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, December 1, 2017 Third Eye Chakra Mandala
One in a series of stylized mandala designs representing the 7 chakras. The Third Eye Chakra is the sixth chakra, symbolized by the color purple. Located at the brow, above the base of the nose, it is related to intuitive knowing and facilitates clear thought in spiritual contemplation and self reflection. Series: Chakra Mandalas (7 Articles, 14155 views)
SHARE Saturday, November 11, 2017 Heart Chakra Mandala
One in a series of stylized mandala designs representing the 7 chakras. The heart chakra is the fourth chakra. It is symbolized by a lotus with 12 petals and the color green. This chakra is located in the center of the chest at the level of the heart. It is the center of love, warmth, caring and compassion for self and others. Series: Chakra Mandalas (7 Articles, 14155 views)
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 25, 2017 Throat Chakra Mandala
A stylized mandala design, representing the throat chakra. This is the fifth chakra, and it is symbolized by the color blue. Located in the neck, it is related to the acceptance of one's originality, the expression of one's authentic voice, and the ability to speak one's truth. Besides the mandala's basic meditative benefit, they have also been infused with Reiki healing energy. Series: Chakra Mandalas (7 Articles, 14155 views)
(17 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 18, 2012 The Religious Right? Wrong!
A look at the motivation and effect of radically conservative Christian ideology on current American political and social policy.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, January 5, 2018 Manna's Gift
The Old Testament story about the Hebrew's wilderness encounter with manna speaks to me about the truth of self-discovery and what it means when we decide to leave our own personal wilderness. Series: Poetry (3 Articles, 4316 views)
(36 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 29, 2018 The Cult of Donald Trump
Fanatical Trump supporters have connected their psychic wellbeing and self-worth to one person, a savior they would follow to the gates of perdition.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Crown Chakra Mandala
One in a series of stylized mandala designs representing the 7 chakras. The Crown Chakra is the seventh chakra, symbolized by the color white. Located at the top of the head, it is the Divinity center, associated with the mystical experience of oneness with the divine. Series: Chakra Mandalas (7 Articles, 14155 views)
(9 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 3, 2016 The Christian Church In America is Dead - Donald Trump's Election Proves It!
The Christian church in America is dead. The ultimate proof? How else could Donald Trump, a candidate who so clearly embodies anti-christian beliefs and attitudes be elected President in what is proclaimed to be a "Christian" country?
The Church is left with a choice. Either upgrade its software (mythology) to become more user friendly (relevant), or stay with a comfortably familiar but no longer effective way of healing
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, November 6, 2017 Solar Plexus Chakra Mandala
One in a series of stylized mandala designs representing the 7 chakras. The solar plexus chakra is the third chakra. It is symbolized by a downward pointing triangle with ten petals. Its color is yellow, and is located between the navel and solar plexus. It is the center of self-worth, self-confidence and self-esteem. Series: Chakra Mandalas (7 Articles, 14155 views)
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, December 22, 2017 Intuitive Anarchy: Not Your Father's Utopia
The term, Intuitive Anarchy, expresses the idea of a novel way to deal with social and political authority. Instead of taking an oppositional stance like other forms of anarchy, Intuitive Anarchy bypasses authority altogether.
(9 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Kellyanne Goebbels (Poster)
Trump's minister of propaganda, Kellyanne Conway, has invented a term to describe the new administration's political reality. Series: Political Cartoon (6 Articles, 7052 views)
(34 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 9, 2014 My Run-In With The Law (of Attraction)
A personal experience raises questions about universal principles. Does a metaphysical force respond to human thought and intention?
(11 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 3, 2016 Donald, Hillary and Animal Welfare
What do we know about where the candidates stand on animal welfare? A quick FYI.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 1, 2015 Thirty-eight Miles of The Kalamazoo
A Poem about the disastrous oil spill on the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. Series: Poetry (3 Articles, 4316 views)
(12 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 20, 2016 From Fox News to Fake News: Propaganda vs.Truth and The Struggle to Save Our Cultural Soul
A toxic symbiosis of politics, big money and culture has created a Political-PopCulture, with each using the other as fodder for propaganda to further cynical purposes and selfish ends. What the Political-PopCulture presents as truth is a fraud. It's a pseudo-culture based on fads, appetites and the lowest common denominator in social craving.
(13 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 10, 2017 The Consciousness Underground
A silent but powerful transformation is taking place right now -- and it's happening on a global scale. There's evidence to support the belief that humanity is entering a new phase of evolutionary development. This underground movement is the most significant social, political and spiritual phenomenon of our time. Series: Conscious Evolution (1 Articles, 1383 views)
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 16, 2017 Roy Moore Controversy Shines Spotlight on Evangelical Culture
The allegations against Roy Moore for "dating" teenage girls when he was in his 30s has shined a spotlight on a subset of evangelical Christian culture that encourages older men to do exactly that, and encourages young women to be receptive to it.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, October 27, 2017 Sacral Chakra Mandala
One in a series of stylized mandala designs representing the 7 chakras. Each has been infused with Reiki healing energy. The sacral chakra is the second chakra. It is symbolized by a six-petaled lotus holding a crescent moon. Its color is orange and is located in the pelvic area, above the root chakra. It is the centre of feeling, emotion, pleasure, sensuality, intimacy, and connection. Series: Chakra Mandalas (7 Articles, 14155 views)
(28 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Conservatives Fiddle While America Burns
Comment on a recent newspaper editorial that missed an opportunity to confront the real issues we're facing as a country. In so doing, it used a common conservative tactic of attempting to divert attention from the present by re-introducing the past.
(12 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 21, 2017 Root Chakra Mandala
One in a series of stylized mandala designs representing the 7 chakras. The root chakra is the first. It is symbolized by a lotus with four petals and the colour red. This centre is located at the base of the spine. It is related to instinct, security, survival and also to basic human potentiality. Series: Chakra Mandalas (7 Articles, 14155 views)
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 3, 2017 Shadow Is No More
A poem in time about time (not). A poem in time about time (not).
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, July 7, 2018 Donald Trump's Secret Plan to Rule the World (Satire)
Could Donald Trump's mad infatuation with Mr. Putin
be part of a diabolical plan for world domination? Could Trump be an evil genius who has figured out a way to fulfill his egomaniacal dream of world conquest?
(14 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Captured: People in prison drawing portraits of CEOs who should be
What a great idea! Prison artists rendering portraits of CEOs, and listing their crimes against the environment, economy and society. They can be seen in a book published by The Captured Project.
(7 comments) SHARE Monday, June 20, 2016 Big Tobacco is Proud to Support the Mentally Ill
How the tobacco industry convinced mentally ill people, using bogus scientific evidence and free cigarettes, that smoking was a good idea.
(35 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 1, 2016 A Lesson In Civics and Sanity
Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit for the National Anthem provides a civics lesson worth paying attention to.
(7 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 4, 2017 A Myth in Pursuit of Happiness
The quest for material wealth is a misdirected attempt to obtain the most basic of human needs: love and security. The myth suggests that these needs can be satisfied by having lots of money. However, this is based on two mistaken beliefs. First, wealth doesn't guarantee being genuinely loved by anyone. Second, it assumes that just having enough money can guarantee safety and security.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 1, 2015 Asylum Politics
A Comment on the insanity of U.S. politics today.
(12 comments) SHARE Monday, August 29, 2016 Trump's Big Lie About Crime In America
Donald Trump claims that crime in the U.S. is out of control. FBI statistics prove him wrong once again.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 26, 2017 Sandcastles (Cartoon)
The Keystone Cops-like administrative ineptitude demonstrated by the Trump administration in its first 60+ days has been staggering. Trump is plainly in over his head. One can just imagine him in cabinet meetings daydreaming about hotels and golf courses Series: Political Cartoon (6 Articles, 7052 views)
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 5, 2014 Sex And Fast Food
A poem questioning the motives and values of our consumer culture. Series: Poetry (3 Articles, 4316 views)
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, December 17, 2012 Addicted to Guns And Violence: America Needs An Intervention
A response to the Sandy Hook School shooting. America has become a culture addicted to guns and violence and is in need of intervention to force us to face a painful reality.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, March 24, 2017 Ryancare Revealed (Cartoon)
Cartoon commentary on the Republican plan to replace Obamacare. Whatever the stated intended goal, one thing should be clear - it's not to provide adequate health care for all Americans. It's sole purpose is to further enrich corporate coffers. After all, the free market cures all ills. Series: Political Cartoon (6 Articles, 7052 views)
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 31, 2015 The Time It Takes to Make A Trillion
A thought experiment for the math-challenged to better understand the quantitative difference between millions, billions and trillions
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Donald Trump and the Forbidden Planet
The drama being acted out by Donald Trump and the GOP is eerily similar to the plot of a classic sci-fi movie from 1956, Forbidden Planet.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, February 21, 2014 In Awe of The Ordinary
Awe is a feeling that comes from a mysterious place deep within the heart and soul. There, we connect with that which is beyond description and understanding - something that can ony be felt - something that can be shared, but not explained.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, April 8, 2013 We've Been Converted!
Introduction to a personal blog that tracks the author's experience with learning how to implement a nutrarian life style and diet, as prescribed by Dr. Joel Fuhrman.