We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Extended absence

by Ron Horn, administrator of this blog.

I will be tied up with personal affairs until sometime after the 25th of May. Thus, there will be no posts until then.

I invite you to read those labeled "best posts" (my rating) which express my rather unique point of view on social-political issues.