Interrelativity

Category: Heard on NPR

  • Hope and Dreams trump Fears and Smears

    The speeches of the two U.S. presidential candidates Tuesday night were hopeful and inspiring, a welcome change from the fears and smears that dominated much of the campaign … or, at least, one side of the campaign. John McCain delivered the most gracious concession speech I have ever seen, and Barack Obama delivered yet another…

  • Ignorance, Incendiaries, Ironies and Inspiration

    I’ve been growing increasingly appalled by some of the ignorant and incendiary statements made by Republican John McCain‘s presidential campaign and its supporters. Ironically, one of the McCain campaign’s political advertisements that appears to have had the most incendiary effect on evangelical supporters, “The One”, is one that I find, personally, to be positively inspiring.…

  • Commenting on Validation / Validating Comments

    Ever since my last post, which started out about locked-in syndrome (inspired by The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), but which developed into a revisitation of a frequently discussed topic [on this blog] – "the need for approval … for validation … for appreciation … for mattering" – I’ve been attuned to validation in a…

  • On Hineini, Team Spirit and Recognition

    I’ve been reading a soon-to-be-published book on Digital Dharma: A User’s Guide to Expanding Consciousness in the Infosphere, by Steven Vedro, which proposes an integration of spirituality and technology based on the seven chakras. I hope to post an entry on the book after I finish it, but one of the many gems I’ve encountered…

  • Absolution Power Corrupts Absolutely

    I was listening to a story on CounterSpin where David Cole, Georgetown law professor and author of an article in Salon on “Bush’s torture ban is full of loopholes”, was talking about the executive order recently signed by U.S. President George W. Bush. Cole noted that one of the less noticed provisions of the document…

  • On Virginity, Vulnerability and Vaccines

    Last night, I discovered of The Virginity Project (via Shel Israel’s blog), a book project in which Kate Monroe is compiling a list of stories about how, when and why people lost their virginity. On the drive in this morning, I heard a segment on NPR‘s Morning Edition entitled "Young People and Sex: Parents, Can…

  • Openness, Vulnerability, Kindness and Greatness

    I was catching up with Dan Oestreich’s blog this morning, getting inspired by Dan’s writing about — and modeling — the value of being conscious and open.  I took a break to drive the kids to school, and on the way back, listened to Steve Inskeep’s interview with Paul McCartney on NPR, which provided yet…

  • The Risks of Changing, and of not Changing, Careers

    In introducing this week’s segment of "Take Two: Life Changes" on NPR’s Morning Edition today, Ketzel Levine gave an update on the subject of a previous segment, 58-year-old Terry Rusinow and her mobile espresso cart, "Duck, Duck, Brew", who is now pursuing a "Plan B" in her entrepreneurial venture(s) — seeking high-volume, half-day events she…

  • Failure, Persistence and Heroism

    NPR’s Morning Edition aired a segment this morning called "The Aftermath of Movie Flops", introduced by Steve Inskeep as "a chronicle of failure, [part of] a series on flops, about what happens when the next big thing isn’t." Kim Masters interviewed a number of movie people, who had some gems to share: Laura Zisken (producer…

  • Boxing and Belly Dancing, Boldness and Dreams

    I rarely watch television, but I was captivated by the Ken Burns documentary film, “Unforgivable Blackness”, profiling the rise and fall of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, shown this week on PBS. I regularly listen to NPR (and yes, I’m a member of both KCTS and KPLU), and Wednesday…