Bird Droppings February 8, 2010 Is it about content or context? “The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. The superficial explanation is that a government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful unless those who elect and who obey their governors are educated. Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external…

Bird Droppings February 5, 2010 The paradox of democracy “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead An interesting statement, from a great anthropologist, Mead observed mankind in both civilized and very primitive states. I find this statement striking…

Bird Droppings February 4, 2010 Writing as opposed to only sending a photo “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965 I was introduced to this author in a tenth grade English Class. The book was Brave New World, written…

Bird Droppings February 3, 2010 Words or lack of words is wisdom “He believes profoundly in silence which is the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit.” Ohiyesa, Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman, Santee Sioux Trained as a physician Dr. Charles Eastman was also a profound…

Bird Droppings February 2, 2010 Do you have Imagination? It has been just a few Saturdays back when I went by the high school to check on my menagerie and clean up a bit that as I went in I realized there was something going on in the gym. It turns out that the high…