Building a Better World:):):):):):)...The Original Recipe:):):):):):)...

Please take a moment to read about TWO very important pieces of news on Building a Better World...My Very First Blog:):):)...

Building a Better World...The Wonder Years:):):):):):)

First...two very important milestones for our little Kansas City poverty lobbying group, a chapter of the most effective lobbying group I've ever been a part of, RESULTS International:):):)...and...

Second...an important story about the Vatican ouster of Father Thomas Reese, the liberal editor for the moderate and most influential Catholic magazine in the United States, I believe, America...and what it means for free and independent thinking people everywhere...

Hope everyone's having a great Mother's Day:):):):):):):)...and hope the moms out there enjoy a much deserved day of appreciation and, hopefully:):):), rest:):):)...

Happy Mother's Day, everyone:):):)...

Love,
Ben

The edict from the Vatican has inspired me:):):)...

I've got lots more that I've got to write about...and, eventually:):):)...when I have a teaching job:):):)...to teach about:):):):):):):)...in my short little lifetime:):):)...

More elaboration on principles of Least Possible Necessary Aggression:):):)...and their implications for a WHOLE HOST of domestic and international policy areas:):):)...intrapersonal, interpersonal, social, organizational, and insitutional relationships:):):):):):)...

I have SO MUCH to share about these principals and so many other topics:):):):):):):)...

But...right now:):):)...at this very minute:):):):):):):)...

I am in TOTAL AWE and FEELING TOTALLY APPRECIATIVE of my opportunity to THINK AND EXPRESS MYSELF FREELY:):):):):):):):):):):):):):)...

THE most important virtue that a person and a society can have and nurture in its people:):):):):):):)...the most important freedom for any and all of us to have and to use:):):)...as much as possible:):):)...as often as possible:):):):):):)...and as much as we need:):):)...saying thing that are foolish:):):)...and wise:):):):):):)...and wiser the more we say both foolish and wise things:):):):):):):)...

The more we think and express our thoughts and feelings and give them voice:):):)...the better we get at understanding this crazy little universe:):):):):):):)...and this crazy little planet:):):):):):)...and this crazy little species:):):):):):):)...homo sapiens:):):):):):):)...humans:):):):):):):)...

...people:):):):):):):)...

I'll write more soon:):):):):):):)...you can be sure of that:):):):):):):):):)...

Love,
Ben