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Whatever the Problem is, It's Not Me
http://jollyblogger.typepad.com/ jollyblogger/ 2008/ 10/ whatever-the-pr.htmlHere's some wisdom from Wendell Berry via Patrick J. Deneen by way of Mere Comments. The last thing we will consider is altering our own behavior—because, surely, someone else is at fault. The Oil Companies, the Saudis, Dick Cheney—anyone but me. As has been described by Jason Peters, editor of a fine volume on Berry, it’s like heavy traffic.
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Judaism, media literacy and U.S. elections: reflections on the Jewish New Year
http://mediationchannel.com/ 2008/ 09/ 30/ judaism-media-literacy-and-us-electio…Last night marked the start of the celebration of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. In anticipation, several days earlier, I began rereading a book I’d acquired several years ago, Nothing Sacred, a controversial work by media critic Douglas Rushkoff that seeks 21st century meaning in the traditions and texts of Judaism.
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Expose yourself to ideas: celebrate Banned Books Week
http://mediationchannel.com/ 2008/ 09/ 30/ expose-yourself-to-controversial-idea…As negotiators and mediators know from experience, knowledge and information are power. That’s true for all of the negotiations in life we face — the political, the transactional, and the personal. What better way to celebrate access to information than by honoring Banned Books Week, which celebrates the freedom to read, and is sponsored by the American Library Association?
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Chivalry and the mad feminists
http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/ index.php/ weblog/ chivalry_and_the_mad_femini…Mark Holland emailed a link to me today, to a headline that he believed might interest me, because it suggests an army of digital photographers. The headline reads Feminist Army Aims Its Canons at Palin. Mark added: “Surely that’s a spelling mistake rather than an Americanism.
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Envision word peace with Wordle, a word cloud generator
http://mediationchannel.com/ 2008/ 09/ 10/ envision_word_peace_with_wordle/MediationChannel.com I was fascinated last week by the word clouds — graphic depictions — of the convention speeches of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain that appeared on so many web sites and blogs. Word clouds are visual representations of words. The larger the word in the image, the more frequently it appears on the site.
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Judgment call: everyone benefits when decision making is improved
http://mediationchannel.com/ 2008/ 09/ 09/ judgment-call-everyone-benefits-when-…In a recently published paper, experts in decision making Dolly Chugh, Katherine L. Milkman, and Max Bazerman asked an important question, “How Can Decision Making Be Improved?” (PDF): We propose that the time has come to move the study of biases in judgment and decision making beyond description and toward the development of improvement strategies.
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Sidetaker lets bickering couples submit disputes to court of public opinion
http://mediationchannel.com/ 2008/ 09/ 06/ sidetaker-lets-bickering-couples-subm…If you seek proof of civilization’s decline, look no further than Sidetaker, a site that lets the public be the judge in spats between quarreling lovers. Don’t bother to seek nuance or middle ground here; there’s plenty of blame and fingerpointing for couples bickering over everything from toilet flushing habits to illicit affairs.
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Don’t pee on my shoes and tell me it’s raining: more truth, less fiction, in debate on mandatory arbitration
http://mediationchannel.com/ 2008/ 08/ 29/ dont-pee-on-my-shoes-and-tell-me-its-…Earlier this year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s affiliate, the Institute for Legal Reform, cranked out a press release about a recent poll it commissioned that purported to prove that a majority of likely voters would overwhelmingly support mandatory arbitration. This press release was but one weapon in the arsenal the U.S.
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Barack Obama: mediator to a divided nation
http://mediationchannel.com/ 2008/ 08/ 29/ barack-obama-mediator-to-a-divided-na…In the days after the towers fell on September 11, 2001, Americans everywhere came together to honor the dead and demand justice. The world stood beside us, sharing our shock and grief. That unity proved short-lived. “You’re either with us or against us” became U.S. foreign policy, alienating long-time allies.
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The Recycling Myth
http://jollyblogger.typepad.com/ jollyblogger/ 2008/ 08/ the-recycling-m.htmlI've briefly mentioned my views on the environment here and how I have gone from indifferent to the environment to an understanding of our responsibility to be good stewards of the earth over which God created man to rule.
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