San Francisco
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Women’s rights 2008
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Posted by The Better Blog on 10/12 at 09:38 PM
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Red and Green
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Posted by The Better Blog on 09/14 at 09:21 PM
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Could The Economic Recession Strengthen the American Community?
By Ted Grudin
Of course no one’s too excited about a $5 gallon of gas (unless you happen to be pro-environment like me) or the loss of jobs that results from the impending recession in the United States of America.
But one thing I will say in its favor is that it builds character. Hardships and struggles challenge us to make it without the usual padding and ease. In other words, instead of driving across town, you may just decide you have to take public transit. Instead of flying to Moscow for your vacation, you may consider going camping 60 miles away from where you live, or staying at a friend’s cabin. Instead of eating out at that fancy restaurant, you may stay home and cook those potatoes and leeks that the previous owner of your house had planted in your backyard. Instead of moving far away from your family, you may just decide to stay near, or you may even live with your parents longer (this is quite the norm in some countries, and I see nothing wrong with it as long as it is done right).
I will not go as far as to say that whatever doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. No, I don’t believe such a fallacy. It simply isn’t true - if you eat ten pounds of laundry detergent and survive, you surely will not be stronger.
But, I will say that these impending economic hardships in our country may just bring our communities closer together - they may make us face our communities in ways we have never done before. And it may strengthen both our communities and our culture.
Of course I am not saying that this would be easy, but what true growth is ever easy?
Posted by The Better Blog on 08/19 at 08:54 AM
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Park
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Posted by The Better Blog on 07/29 at 08:23 PM
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Bird
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Posted by The Better Blog on 07/03 at 10:02 PM
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Internet Addiction, Pigeons, and Us
By Ted Grudin
It is no secret among the psychology community that internet addiction is one of the most rapidly growing behavioral trends in the world. People simply cannot live without checking their email multiple times per day (you never know when that important email is going to show up!), checking those news websites (maybe there is important news that was just added!), or simply aimlessly wandering the annals of cyberspace. Recently it dawned on me that we are a lot like pigeons in our endless patience with the internet and its rare fruits.
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Posted by The Better Blog on 06/20 at 06:35 PM
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Posted by The Better Blog on 06/07 at 12:14 AM
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Howard Dean 2004, Progress, and You: Beyond Obama’s Election
By Ted Grudin
Back in 2004 I remember watching CSPAN videos of Howard Dean’s speeches from my room at University of Cambridge, where I was studying abroad. I had never been so inspired by a politician in my life. Not Gore, not Clinton, and certainly not Bush Sr. (whom I had remembered most recently from his TV clip placed in the film The Big Lebowski: “this aggression will not stand”).
What made Howard Dean so inspiring? He spoke with straightforward passion. It had an air of truth that had not existed in other politicians. But perhaps most importantly: Dean demanded, at the end of each speech, that it was not he who had the power to make change in the country, “it’s you.”
After then getting bored by solid, respectable, yet somnolent speeches by John Kerry, we were reminded of the power of a speech by then little known Barack Obama at Kerry’s convention.
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Posted by The Better Blog on 06/07 at 12:11 AM
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