The Medium is the Massage

This is from a blog post by Ryan W. McMaken.

Here is an interesting observation from Marshall McLuhan in his book The Medium is the Massage (Note that it is “Massage” not “Message”)

We Are All Terrorists Now!

Obama: World ‘Appalled and Outraged’ by Iran Violence

The Nocebo Effect

The following is an article written by Marshall E. Deutsch

Time to stop rearranging the deck chairs

Here is why and what to do next.

Its alive! Its alive!

Nice to see a little life stirring again here at NLDs. Auntie J, I think the statement you mentioned "...how a government that began in 1776 as a protector of individual rights” really hits the nail on the head. That is, the government moved from being a protector of individual rights to being the means to futher the economic well being of select groups of people.

Lincoln

I light of Lincoln's 200 birthday, I thought this article might be of interest to the readers out there.

Dorothy Day

In his book Introduction to Christianity, Pope Benedict explains that being a Christian means, essentially, undergoing a transformation: from being "for" oneself to being "for&quo

George McGovern on Afganistan

I know there are some out there who do not remember  George McGovern but he's got it right on Afganistan just like he did on Vietnam. Read his take on it here.

inaugural celebration

I was sitting in the breakroom today with my coworkers and someone turned on the tv thinking all present wanted to watch the inaugural celebration.It struck me that there was something extremely hollow about this unseemly extravagance. After a few