Terror and Terrorism “We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca “One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.” –George W. Bush George Bush coined the “war on terror.” He was absolutely right—the need to confront terror is essential if we are to become sustainable. But let’s be realistic here—President Bush either didn’t know the real meaning…
Schooling The School System “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” -Nelson Mandela If our species were to adopt the mindset that each of us is born, innately, of love and compassion, I believe we would have the common ground necessary to flourish across the board. However, this is obviously not the case, and we suffer the consequences of a largely skeptical, narrow-sighted, and judgmental society. Naturally, I wonder why — out of…
Autonomy and the Economy From “Zeitgeist –The Movie”: “Society today is composed of a series of institutions…from political institutions, legal institutions, religious institutions… to institutions of social class, familial values and occupational specialization. It is obvious the profound influence these traditionalized structures have in shaping our understandings and perspectives…Yet, of all the social institutions we are born into, directed by and conditioned upon, there seems to be no system as taken for granted and misunderstood…as the monetary system. Taking…