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You can't 'fix' the midlife transition, even by 'fixing' yourself. It takes a depth of understanding, appreciation, and awareness.

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The essence of midlife is a huge paradigm shift. The essence of a midlife crisis is the refusal to change. The only question is, "Will you take responsibility for your life?"

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We're appalled when people stand by doing nothing while others suffer, yet, if we haven't got a habit of courage, we're likely to be doing the same thing.

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'Original Sin' is somehow related to humankind's expulsion from the Garden. Utopian social and political thinkers don't believe in it . . . and it shows.

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The majority of people seem to want less government 'interference' in their lives, and yet, that's all that stands between them and the tyranny of the majority!

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"Righteous indignation is envy with a halo," read a sign in front of a church some years ago. It's good to look at what outrages us to really see our hidden desires.

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We've been living in an upside-down culture where win-lose was the rule, and win-win was sissified. Now the rules are changing, and it's taking its toll on men.

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The universe is neither random nor eternal, but evolving. Humankind evolves with it, and we have appropriate cultural choices to make.

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Stephen Colbert re-invented the word 'truthiness' to refer to things that feel right regardless of the facts. Perhaps his insight is more useful than you might have thought.

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Addressing issues at the first level (problem-solving) is both frustrating and futile. True leaders think in second-level terms about fixing broken systems. Where are they?

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'Liberal' and 'Conservative' are labels that matter: not only in the polling place, but more especially in the decisions of everyday life. One attitude leads to growth, the other to extinction. We have that choice.

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The 'tragedy of the commons' not only threatens enlightened organizations, it leaves our whole democratic way of life open to the subversion of the unscrupulous few.

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"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few (or the one)," or so the saying goes. Why do the needs of the few so often subvert the needs of the many?

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There are many reasons why the US is having difficulty competing in global markets these days. One reason is the self-inflicted poverty of cultural nativism.

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Are we surprised and dismayed at the controversy surrounding the Olympic torch run in the context of China's treatment of the Tibetan minority? Let's start with our own perceptions and attitudes, shall we?

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Is it natural and necessary that some people should suffer at the hands of the 'system' or are there alternatives? Les reveals the confused thinking behind some inhumane cultural assumptions.

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The consequences of taking theoretical positions are all too often found in concrete reality: wounded flesh and blood. 'Collateral damage' is hardly 'collateral' when it's you that's damaged.

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Diversity and democracy have a built-in tragic flaw: they must (by definition) accept those who do not accept them. Fundamentalism of all kinds is corrosive to the advancement of human society.

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We in the United States have reached another milestone in our occupation of Iraq: a sad moment that should cause us to reflect on the cultural forces that created this situation and that allows it to continue.

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