News that we sometimes miss

Today the British contingent finally pulled out of Basra, Iraq, thus ending the British presence in the area. This has not been blazoned in the media. The British presence was not large, surely, but they were practically the only set of allies the US ever had in Iraq, and now they’re gone. [...]

Negative Thinking - Panic and Criticism

No one can have failed to notice the extensive reporting on the Swine Flu issue. It is presently being given the sort of emphasis rightly reserved for something far more sinister, and our TV reporters are only too happy to whip up the fear. So, let’s have a little perspective. A child [...]

Save the Planet, Wage Peace - one car at a time

Last night on TV I came across a road test for a Honda Clarity, available only in California as yet. It’s an electric car with a difference. It fills up on hydrogen and has a converter that changes hydrogen into fuel for the electric motor. So you have a truly zero emissions car [...]

Are You a Bookie? How to become wiser….

A bookie, in this case, means anyone who loves books and book-clubs - not the kind of bookie who takes bets at a racetrack. I imagine one can be both, so we’ll exclude no one, especially as the event is designed to encourage those who have book clubs or are thinking of starting one [...]

The Man Panel

Last night I was at the Man Panel, moderated by its creator, Laura Warrell, talking about the six archetypes of love - and what a lot of fun it was! The panel itself, six men, sat on a stage and faced a room full of women (well, there were a few men out there, [...]

Waterboarding, and Condoleeza Rice

politics, archetypes, Condoleeza Rice, torture, waterboarding, gitmo

Earth Day: and Love

Earth Day, which started in 1970, was originally much more emphatic than anything we’re likely to see these days. For example, thirty-nine years ago demonstrators poured oil over the sidewalk at the Department of the Interior, in Washington, to protest oil spills. Then the focus was pollution. But now, even with Global Warming [...]

It’s Patriots’ Day, no… Evacuation Day… or… um…

Here in Massachusetts we have a holiday today. It’s called Patriots’ Day, but that’s only because it’s celebrating the Evacuation of Boston by the British in 1777 and a couple of years ago someone thought ‘Evacuation Day’ was too hokey and too anti-British. For while, of course, it was called Easter Monday, but since [...]

The Man Panel — check it out

I’m flattered and delighted to say that I’ll be on the Man Panel this Friday (24th). It’s the latest in the series organized by Laura Warrell, who also has a superb blog at Tart and Soul www.tartandsoul.com. There’s been a lot of buzz around it by The Phoenix, The Globe, Improper Bostonian, and [...]

Archetypes; the Magicians in our Midst

The topic of Archetypes is one that’s dear to my heart, as you might expect, since writing The Six Archetypes of Love.

I’m aware, though, that many people will respond well to the concept of archetypes but then shrug and say, ‘Ah, I’ll never make it all the way to Magician level’. So perhaps I’d [...]