Monthly Archives: January 2010

January 31, 2010 Sheila Schuller Coleman What’s weighing you down? Fear? Regrets? A broken relationship? Failure?Depression is at an all-time high—fiscally and emotionally. All too often we hear about… …people having the blues. …new mothers experiencing postpartum depression. …children who … Continue reading →

“Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.” – — Emily Dickinson …

E.J. Dionne  Jan 24, 2010 “Populism” is the most overused and misused word in the lexicon of commentary. But thanks to a reckless decision by Chief Justice John Roberts’ Supreme Court and also the greed of the nation’s financial barons, … Continue reading →

Chris Hedges  Jan 25, 2010 Corporate forces, long before the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, carried out a coup d’état in slow motion. The coup is over. We lost. The ruling is one more judicial … Continue reading →

I recently read some great aphorisms and want to share them 1. Associate with people who have soulful values not selfish values 2. You can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once- John … Continue reading →

Dan Froomkin  Jan 23, 2010 from Huffington Post An extraordinary series of articles recently appeared on the Nieman Watchdog Web site, anchored by investigative reporter John Hanrahan and mostly based on interviews with some of the nation’s most perceptive, prescient … Continue reading →

William Ernest Henley. 1849–1903 Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be, For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried … Continue reading →

By Joseph E. Stiglitz Jan 2010 IT IS SAID THAT A NEAR-DEATH experience forces one to reevaluate priorities and values. The global economy has just escaped a near-death experience. The crisis exposed the flaws in the prevailing economic model, but … Continue reading →

By Chris Hedges Jan 10, 2010 Corporations, which control the levers of power in government and finance, promote and empower the psychologically maimed. Those who lack the capacity for empathy and who embrace the goals of the corporation—personal power and … Continue reading →

Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by Ty Tribble   With great sadness we share that Jim Rohn, our mentor and friend, left us December 5, 2009 for a better place. Over the past 18 months, in his battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis, … Continue reading →