A Conversation with Hollywood Producer Sandra de Castro Buffington Voices for the Future is a podcast series that I co-host, with my collaborator Anodea Judith. The next program is Thursday, March 3, at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific, and is entitled Can Hollywood Help Transform the World Through Conscious Media? You can listen free by going to this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84913164505 Here’s about
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The Incestuous Nature of Wall Street
Incest is Perfectly Legal on Wall Street In real life, incest is a crime, but in the world of Wall Street, which operates in an entirely different universe than you and me, it’s perfectly legal. I’m not saying that Wall Street bankers are marrying their mothers, brothers or first cousins—that’s not the incest I’m talking
A Hole in the Head, The Flaw, and High Hopes for the Future
What Do Frank Sinatra, Alan Greenspan, Ayn Rand, and James Madison All Have in Common? A Hole in the Head was the title of a 1959 film starring Frank Sinatra, in which he introduced the Oscar winning song “High Hopes,” the beginning of which went, Next time you’re found with your chin on the ground There’s a lot
Voices for the Future: A Promising Strategy for 21st Century Democracy
A Conversation With Richard Lang, Chairman and CEO of Democrasoft Voices for the Future is a podcast series that I co-host, with my collaborator Anodea Judith. The next program is Thursday, Feb. 10, at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific, and is entitledA Promising Strategy for 21st Century Democracy You can listen free by going to this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87526830487 Here’s
A Love Supreme: What John Coltrane’s Immortal Vision Can Teach Us
The Brilliance of the Legendary Jazz Musician’s Magnum Opus What does it mean to hold a love supreme in your heart, mind, and soul, with your significant other, with family, with community, with society, and with the world? What would this look like? This is what I want to explore with this essay. I’ll begin
What Do Charles Koch and Karl Marx Have In Common?
They Actually See Eye to Eye on Something Very Important Do Charles Koch and Karl Marx really have anything in common? Before your head explodes just pondering this question, let’s explore this a little more by way of introduction. Charles Koch is one of the richest men on the planet, with a net worth of over $50 billion. His
Auld Lang Syne, the Grateful Dead, and Debt Jubilees
The Radical Spirit of Robert Burns Lives on, Thanks to the Grateful Dead As 2021 came to an end and gave way to 2022, you may have found yourself singing, or at least listening to the song “Auld Lang Syne,” which is the traditional song for ushering in the new year. Did you know you could have
Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?
What’s the Point of Billionaires? As is the custom to ring in a new year, we make resolutions and hopefully keep them over the course of the year. Common resolutions are exercising more often, eating better, losing weight, being more productive, and being a better, kinder person. There’s one other resolution you may have made
Why Alexander Hamilton is More Than Just a Broadway Star
Hamilton’s Vision of a Nation that Works for Everyone How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whoreAnd a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgottenSpot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalorGrow up to be a hero and a scholar? Those are the opening lines of the song “Alexander Hamilton” that kicks
Free Stuff and the Slimy Underbelly of Donald Trump
Welcome to the World of the Wealth Class and Their Infinite Universe of Free Stuff I was recently reading an editorial from a publisher of a New Hampshire newspaper, entitled “Why the Free Stuff Isn’t Free.” It was a diatribe not only against the Build Back Better Act, but also against anybody who gets any