Now Is the Time for 'Beginner’s Mind'| Mickey Z.

Kyoto Ryoan Ji. By Cquest - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5 Mickey Z. -- Now with Purpose July 16, 2020 “In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities. In the expert’s, there are few.” (Shunryu Suzuki) ...

'Try!' | John Michael Greer

July 15, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- One of the things that makes the magical history of America so, well, magical is the number of astonishing individuals who have played a central role in it. Even amon ...

Reinventing Activism, Part 4: Learn From the Cat Lady | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 10, 2020 (Part 1 of this series can be found here) (Part 2 of this series can be found here) (Part 3 of this series can be found here) I kno ...

The Power of the Mind | John Michael Greer

July 1, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- While Andrew Jackson Davis was attracting huge crowds with his discourses in trance, and the Fox sisters were listening to tapping noises, another important 19th-centu ...

BOOKS: Deer Hunting With Jesus -- Dispatches from America's Class War (Joe Bageant)

Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Aug. 14, 2006 “Well, good lordie, you really was writin' a book! I thought it was just some bullshit you spread around when you got drunk.” That was my friend Fat Larr ...

Wanted: People Willing to Stand Up to 'Legitimate Authority' | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 25, 2020 “There is a propensity for people to accept definitions of action provided by legitimate authority … Relatively few people have the ...

A Prophet and a Loss | John Michael Greer

June 17, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- A word or two about history before we proceed. Two weeks ago, in response to my discussion of John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, I fielded the inevitable comment fro ...

WATCH: Arnold Schwarzenegger Goes Terminator On Donald Trump

America: Y Ur Peeps B So Dum? -- Ignorance And Courage In The Age Of Lady Gaga (Joe Bageant)

Joe Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Dec. 7, 2010 -- AJIJIC, Jalisco, Mexico -- If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions ...

Welcome to a Pandemic of Collective Grief | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 7, 2020 “I could not count the times during the average day when something would come up that I needed to tell him. This impulse did not end ...

In the Company of Angels | John Michael Greer

June 3, 2020 (EcoSphia.net) -- So far in our exploration of the hidden history of American magic, we’ve talked mostly about people whose place in this nation’s history has been forgotten -- or, to be ...