Connective Visions

Deep sorrow at this weekend’s events in Norway sparks recollection of the multicultural nature of the encounter of nations.

Small-town news from Norway provides summer relief from the usual media.

Janteloven might be the fly in the soup of contemporary notions of deserving.

Two days after the death of Osama bin Laden, things are turning a bit crazy.

An inflexible mind is rather worse than an inflexible body, even if both have their pitfalls.

A brief revisiting of Valentine’s Day that first appeared via Facebook.

Our resistance to positive suggestions and solutions – in world conflict and in our personal lives – undergoes some examination.

Shifting the holiday focus from sales to relationships can provide both social and economic benefits.

In the aftermath of U.S. elections, little potential for progress is found outside the individual – where it always has been.

The twilight time of Halloween/All Saints’ corresponds all too well with the 2010 U.S. elections.