What other species can teach us about democracy Early last year, more than 70 years after its publication, George Orwell’s Animal Farm appeared on The Washington Post’s best-seller list. A writer for the New York Observer declared the novel—an […]
Would Twitter Ruin Bee Democracy?
Simple-majority democracy is used by many animals. But they don’t have social media. Did the ancient Athenians invent democracy? Or did bugs have it way earlier than the Greeks? Cornell […]
That Obscure Subject of Desire
Patriarchy engenders our values, desires and possibilities. It’s time to outgrow these gendered constraints on our becoming. Let’s talk about pleasure. I keep hearing a particular gripe about this cultural […]
How the oligarchy wins: lessons from ancient Greece
The question is whether democracy will emerge from oligarchic breakdown – or whether the oligarchs will just strengthen their grasp on the levers of government. One of the primary threats […]
How the Trump regime was manufactured by a war inside the Deep State
A 40 min must read – Illuminating the emerging visibility of the very complex domain of politics – the context within which people must solve global & local problems. President […]