Personal is Political
Before Anything, We Need a Free Media
Robert McChesney and John Nichols were part of a panel on February 3 at the Ethical Culture Society in New York City. McChesney and Nichols have just completed a book called “The Death and LIfe of American Journalism” (NationBooks), which is a fascinating, engaging read. David Carr of “The New York Times” and Pamela [...]
Being Original in 2010
Being original is not really fun. I think we worship it in our culture so that we keep it at a distance from our own personal experience. Unfolding our own originality is a struggle and it really isn’t glamorous. It’s uncomfortable actually because you don’t have any guideposts as you make your way through territory [...]
Advice to Designers and Young Lovers (Pt 2): It doesn’t matter who you thought you were!
A friend shows up here today and tells me that there’s a new trend in “shrink talk”. Recently laid-off Vice Presidents – the upper management crew of America–are talking to their psychiatrists about the meaning (or lack of it) in their lives now that they no longer have a job: What were they doing [...]
Money Can’t Buy You Love: The Problem with Non-Profits
The saddest thing to me about non-profit organizations is that so many have the classic victim mentality. Of course, not the big successful, national ones, but this attitude is pretty common in smaller, local groups. Many don’t get beyond “startup” mode because of it.
When most people think of non-profit, they think of stuff that’s free, [...]