From living in public to losing in private
– by Geoff Olson – Software license agreements – who reads ‘em anymore? These days, it seems almost perversely old-school to not immediately click “I … Read more
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Bells for Peace: an idea whose time has come
Individuals, families, city mayors and officials, and clergy from all faiths are encouraged to join the 2020 “Bells for Peace” campaign to unite the world … Read more
Specious monikers & famous fossils
The extinct trilobite, go-to genus for rock ‘n’ roll fossils – by Geoff Olson – The late British marine biologist Alister Hardy was once asked … Read more
About bloody time
– by Karen Pickering and Jane Bennett – We are going to tell you the story of menstruation and menopause from the perspective of thousands … Read more
Wanted: a new mythology
The Power of Myth, three decades on – by Geoff Olson – I recently invited a friend over to my place to watch the PBS … Read more
Back To Shore – Shari Ulrich creates a musical safe harbour
MUSIC RISING by Bruce Mason Many Common Ground readers have grown up with the diverse, award-winning music and songs of Shari Ulrich – created in … Read more
Breaking the internet feedback loop
– by A.N. Turner – You, me and everyone we know We are drowning in a sea of free information. The Internet is in our … Read more
What Leo Tolstoy had to say
The Russian writer Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) – usually rendered as Leo Tolstoy – was a philosopher and social activist who had a … Read more
2018 illuminated with a few choice words
— by Bruce Mason — It can be difficult keeping up with the pace at which humans are altering Earth’s life-sustaining systems and bringing on … Read more
Climatology as eschatology
— by Geoff Olson — Eschatology | eskəˈtäləjē | noun: the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the … Read more