5 Steps for Good Apology – Repairing the harm we do
“Why should we apologize? Everyone gets offended so easily these days.” To Help or Hurt, We Choose Each of us decides how we want to move through the world. What are our values? Do...
Clean Water – Now Urgent and Important
In May 2021, it was a small news byline. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME, Inc.) started buying and selling water futures in California. Pro-capitalism voices say this will provide information about the future of water...
The Structure of Inequity and Racism in the US
Fig 1. Core structure in the US The causal feedback structure above is the primary driver of inequities in the US. This is the central feedback loop for families in the US. We can start...
Perfection – Unlocking the Imaginary Shackles
We need to talk about an aspect of our culture, a pervasive value that has impacted all of us, for our whole lives. Perfectionism. If we were lucky, it first happened in our early school...
A Warning from Madeleine Albright
One of my book groups recently read Madeliene Albright’s book, Fascism: A Warning. It was published in 2018, though much of it written before Donald Trump was elected to the presidency. While it didn’t succinctly...
Self Care – Take 3 and Call Me in the Morning
The only way we are going to get through this marathon of malaise, with our well-being intact, is to practice self care. “Yeah, it’s tough out there.” “No,” I said, “Income less than expenses make...
Are you a Giver or a Taker?
The structure of a system, even if populated with fair-minded or generous actors can give rise to vast inequalities. For the last several years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with the gifted faculty...
Reality – Yours, Mine, or Ours?
We cannot individually grasp the whole of reality, so we need one another to figure it out. One of the most important things to do now is to learn to listen to one another. Suspect...
Respect – What We Mean
Respecting the dignity of every human being also means for me that a person’s inherent value has nothing to do with his or her assets, bank accounts, property, color of their skin, race, religion, work,...
Surprise, surprise
The election was (partly) about money
Educated enough to be comfortable. Comfortable enough to care more about decency than money. I was as surprised as anyone about the outcome of the election. I should have seen the clues. I’m from rural...
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