Category Archives: Current Events

The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

We have all heard and read more words this week than we want or need. The ones that keep coming back to me were written in 1919, in a poem called “The Second Coming,” a haunting vision written by William … Continue reading →

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The North Pond Hermit

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

He was just arrested on Tuesday, but already they’re writing ballads about the North Pond Hermit: Nobody seen his face in twenty-seven years, Since that day in ’86 when he up and disappeared. The story has travelled around the world, … Continue reading →

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Robots ‘R Us (?)

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

In the field of robotics, as in so many other areas of life, science fiction writers saw the future decades before the rest of us; they warned that androids were coming and the relationship would not always be easy. Recently, … Continue reading →

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Economic imaginings

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

The key aim of this blog, as stated on my “About” page, is to look at “the reality in our fantasies and the fantasy in our realities.”  The phrase was inspired by James Hillman, who used the word “fantasy” to … Continue reading →

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Pandora’s box, repression, and gun violence

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

From my perspective, the big news this week was the start of senate hearings on gun violence, which evoked a wide range of passions across the spectrum of public opinion.  More poignant than any testimony in Washington was the death … Continue reading →

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Thich Nhat Hanh on climate change

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

On monday, in his inaugural speech, President Obama said that ignoring climate change amounts to betrayal of our children and future generations. Also on monday, Justin Gillis, a New York Times writer, published the findings of geologists whose study of … Continue reading →

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