Tom Atlee: New Book Participatory Sustainability

Participatory Sustainability: Notes for an Emerging Field of Civilizational Engagement “Participatory Sustainability introduces the idea that sustainability cannot be achieved merely through top-down government policy or economic activity. Sustainability requires the participation of all people and all parts of society, working with each other and with nature. The book provides dozens of approaches for doing …

Paul Ratner: Putin’s Rasputin — A Philosophy

The Most Dangerous Philosopher in the World Enter Alexander Dugin, the political scientist known as “Putin’s Rasputin” or “Putin’s Brain”, as well as an occult fascist. He is also a sociology professor at the highly prestigious Moscow State University, a prolific writer, an advisor to key political and military figures and an articulator of a Kremlin-approved …

Marcus Aurelius: Mike Flynn on Winning Wars

Read what the President-elect’s National Security Advisor had to say about winning wars a couple of months ago. Military Review is the professional journal of the Army’s intermediate-level professional school, the Command and General Staff College. How about Winning Our Nation’s Wars Instead of Just Participating in Them? Extracts Below the Fold

Berto Jongman: NY Post – Trump Needs to Make Heads Roll at the CIA and FBI (and Fire the DNI)

Trump Needs to Make Heads Roll at the CIA and FBI One of the thorniest questions facing the incoming Trump administration is what to do about America’s increasingly dysfunctional intelligence community, known collectively by its acronym, the IC. Made up of no fewer than 16 different agencies, the IC includes marquee services like the CIA …