http://www.keneisold.com whatyouknowyouknow Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:31:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.keneisold.com/2012/01/problems-without-answers/#comment-810 David Katz Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:31:25 +0000 http://www.keneisold.com/?p=1284#comment-810 It's a fine line, isn't it. Since the Age of Reason, at least, we have had the luxury of imagining that all problems have answers. And to admit that some don't is just a shoulder-shrug away from, "God has a reason for everything, and therefore he's the answer." It takes a mature person to accept that ambiguity is just a starting point; that ignorance isn't the deficit we've construed it to be, but that part of our humanity rests not in not knowing the answer but in knowing that there's NOT an answer. To know this an not concede defeat is not mean feat. It’s a fine line, isn’t it. Since the Age of Reason, at least, we have had the luxury of imagining that all problems have answers. And to admit that some don’t is just a shoulder-shrug away from, “God has a reason for everything, and therefore he’s the answer.” It takes a mature person to accept that ambiguity is just a starting point; that ignorance isn’t the deficit we’ve construed it to be, but that part of our humanity rests not in not knowing the answer but in knowing that there’s NOT an answer. To know this an not concede defeat is not mean feat.

]]> http://www.keneisold.com/2011/12/are-we-all-connected/#comment-792 Kathy Bacon-Greenberg Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:13:40 +0000 http://www.keneisold.com/?p=1267#comment-792 Ken...so well put and so vitally important to the project of democracy in the US and (therefore) everywhere else. If we are indeed only as strong as our weakest link, then we are undermining a great deal by overlooking this vital part of the new world of technology. This is where the personal meets the social and political. Your refrence to the subsidies of the postal rates for mass media is absolutely right on (cf Paul Starr, The Creation of the Media). In the tradition of "teach a [wo]man to fish...." internet access is a necessary foundation for anyone trying to better their life and contribute! Ken…so well put and so vitally important to the project of democracy in the US and (therefore) everywhere else. If we are indeed only as strong as our weakest link, then we are undermining a great deal by overlooking this vital part of the new world of technology. This is where the personal meets the social and political. Your refrence to the subsidies of the postal rates for mass media is absolutely right on (cf Paul Starr, The Creation of the Media). In the tradition of “teach a [wo]man to fish….” internet access is a necessary foundation for anyone trying to better their life and contribute!

]]> http://www.keneisold.com/2011/12/political-desperation-and-hatred/#comment-781 David Katz Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:28:10 +0000 http://www.keneisold.com/?p=1263#comment-781 One of our Washington state senators said today, "'If you have the 1 percent saying, ‘Tax the 99 percent" and the 99 percent saying, ‘Tax the 1 percent,’ you have a standstill.'” Clearly his point of view abdicates majority rule. If 99 percent say tax the 1 percent and there's a standstill the 1% wield an unhealthy (and unstable) amount of power. One of our Washington state senators said today, “‘If you have the 1 percent saying, ‘Tax the 99 percent” and the 99 percent saying, ‘Tax the 1 percent,’ you have a standstill.’” Clearly his point of view abdicates majority rule. If 99 percent say tax the 1 percent and there’s a standstill the 1% wield an unhealthy (and unstable) amount of power.

]]> http://www.keneisold.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-carnival-or-protest/#comment-745 David Katz Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:20:30 +0000 http://www.keneisold.com/?p=1235#comment-745 I agree that Blow uncharacteristically missed the point (because of the very lack of one). The diffuse message of Occupy Wall Street appeals to the heartland because they are able to attach their own frustrations, identifying with a better-educated and more energetic group of cosmopolitan activists. It is not true, by the way, that there is no agenda at O.W.S.. See the excellent coverage at democracynow.org. I agree that Blow uncharacteristically missed the point (because of the very lack of one). The diffuse message of Occupy Wall Street appeals to the heartland because they are able to attach their own frustrations, identifying with a better-educated and more energetic group of cosmopolitan activists. It is not true, by the way, that there is no agenda at O.W.S.. See the excellent coverage at democracynow.org.

]]> http://www.keneisold.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-carnival-or-protest/#comment-744 Ann Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:25:49 +0000 http://www.keneisold.com/?p=1235#comment-744 This is the best commentary I've read on the topic of the wall street protest. A cry to take notice of the increasing unsustainable economic culture. This is the best commentary I’ve read on the topic of the wall street protest. A cry to take notice of the increasing unsustainable economic culture.

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