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| Environment | 8 Apr 2008 |
| Environmental Consciousness by Tony Ellis | Comment (1) |
If you haven’t already seen it, I highly recommend Al Gore’s new speech about the urgency of the global warming crisis given at the Technology, Entertainment Design (TED) conference and posted on their website this month (http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/243). Not only is his talk impassioned and energized (yes, this is Al Gore we are speaking of) but he also pushes the subject to a much higher
| Politics | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Transcending Politics by Tony Ellis | Comment (0) |
The word “transcendent” seems to be cropping up a lot these days in the political debate. Senator McCain, speaking in Vermont today, said “we face a transcendent threat from Islamic extremist.” Former presidential candidate, Gary Hart, blogging on Huffington Post recently, wrote “I see Barack Obama as a leader for this transcendent moment, the agent of transformation in an age of revolution…” Two
| Spirituality | 6 Feb 2008 |
| Across the Universe by Tony Ellis | Comment (1) |
On February 4th NASA beamed The Beatles’ song Across the Universe literally “across the universe”. The next day, His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation about which this song was written, left this world and entered into heaven. It was an accidental but fitting tribute to the man who opened universes within the minds of millions across the world, including
| Politics | 5 Feb 2008 |
| Whales and Sextants by Tony Ellis | Comment (1) |
Recently I was discussing the Democratic primaries with some close friends (all of us well preserved but aging Baby Boomers). “Who do you think has the best healthcare plan, Hillary or Barack?” someone asked (are we really getting that old?). “Neither,” I replied. “Both plans rely too heavily on insurance companies.” Perhaps because I grew up in England with free health care for all, I have never
