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One day, I will… #3 Create an intentional community. This
One day, I will… #3 Create an intentional community. This is how I envision it: after spending two or three years travelling around the country ...

Another one I just cant resist the impulse to share from Vermont
Another one I just cant resist the impulse to share from Vermont Coalition for Vaccine Choice. An anti-vaxxer warns what might happen to you if you...

Year in review, continued... “By the early 1900s, every state
Year in review, continued... “By the early 1900s, every state had agreed to the aggression of physician licensing . . . . One half of the existing ...

[Continuing Year in Review - reposting from archives...] When a
[Continuing Year in Review - reposting from archives...] When a method of doing things becomes so deeply associated with an institution that we no lo...

Before my father passed away, I had a chance to thank him for
Before my father passed away, I had a chance to thank him for three things. First, that I grew up without TV. Second, that he made me walk a lot. A...

You all heard the unwritten, but well-known rule of a polite
You all heard the unwritten, but well-known rule of a polite conversation: don’t talk about politics or religion. Yet, there is another rule, which...

There are so many striking similarities between schools and
There are so many striking similarities between schools and hospitals, between our “educational” system and our “healthcare” systems. Both ar...

“I’ve come to believe that genius is an exceedingly common
“I’ve come to believe that genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us. I didn’t want to accept that notion �...