Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The 50 Best Websites of 2008

Time Magazine in cooperation with CNN conducted a survey of the best websites available on the internet and came up with a list of the top 50. You can find out which websites were selected here.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Letter to America

What I most love about the internet is the window to the world's wisdom it provides. From my office in Lewiston or from my little cottage in Wayne I can attend lectures, listen to interviews, and watch thoughtful and informative webcasts.
Today I listend to an interview with Duncan Campbell and David Boren who talked about his new book, "A Letter to America" on Living Dialogues. Boren's message regarding the crisis's that we in the United States face is both alarming and inspiring at the same time. I encourage you to listen to the interview as well as to a number of other valuable and thought provoking interviews that are available on the Living Dialogues website.
Each and every day I listen to individuals who are appropriately worried about their futures, good people who share that they all too often feel powerless and frustrated. It's in my nature to want to reassure and comfort, and I find myself in most cases automatically leaning forward, unconsciously assuming the posture of compassionate witness. And then I am pulled back by the awareness that now is not the time for empathy nearly as much as it is the time for accountability and action --a time for us to collectively face the challenges that confront us while creating a vision for a healthier and more sustainable future.