As spring’s door opened young activists organized hundreds of rallies and marches, speaking through tears of grief to multitudes who are fed up with darkness. [Read More]
11/9
America’s presidential elections are grand sporting events. Since my youth I’ve heard people talk about Republicans and Democrats as if they’re arch-rivals in football. The drawbacks of this two-team league became blatantly clear to many of us when they nominated Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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The Latitudes of Formidable Civility
The DNA of Nordic culture is manifest in eqalitarian leadership. Decency is achieved by following that example, so the summer print edition of the Upper Left Edge combines tributes to Denmark, Finland , Iceland, Norway, and Sweden (plus a special bonus country at the end).
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Democracy in Concert: the northern tour
A deep human drive for freedom will always resist rule by the few — whether those few are feudal monarchs, communist dictators, fascist oligarchs, or mob capitalists who rise through the ranks of business as usual. [Read More]
What Remains
We can say Black Elk witnessed the death of an indigenous way of life that existed for thousands of years. He did so just as surely as we’re watching death today — from Aleppo to poison pipelines to dead zones off the coast of America…. [Read More]
Jesus We’re Cold Inside
Cultural authorities remind us of the reason for the season. Symbols of Christ’s lowly birth add feelings of pious humility to the flashy mash up of religion and commerce. [Read More]
Baby Gramps and the Geechee Goo
Life is woven with threads from many ancestors.
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Surfing Without a Pair
From what I’ve seen, the cross-cultural truth about cajones is that they often cause serious wipe outs. Yet for some reason people talk as if they’re essential to success, even for women. [Read More]
Bernie wins Indie vote while Dems boost Hillary
Sanders beat Trump in the Independent Party of Oregon’s primary. Clinton placed third, less than ten points ahead of Gary Johnson. [Read More]
Bernie and the Independent Party
What happens if Bernie Sanders wins the nomination for the Independent Party of Oregon, yet loses the nomination for the Democratic Party? I posed this question to Sal Peralta, secretary of the IPO. [Read More]
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