Rrecollecting life in Anderson Hall: grieving and a sense of completion
For the past several days, I have been reading past blog postings as I consider whether or not to compile a selection in some sort of publication. Even if this still nascent project does not bear...
View ArticleWhich Path to Choose?
In the past several days, more than in the months since my official “retirement,” I have had the experience of reconnecting with American University. The fact that I purchased an apartment within a...
View ArticleEasy-Jet checked baggage procedures: demeaning, nonsensical and time-consuming.
My current trip is a complicated one, with four different destinations - Geneva, Budapest, Singapore and Sri Lanka. Because I wanted to share the Geneva Budapest leg with a friend, I decided on a...
View ArticleThe PhD Education Process: socializing young women and men how not to make a...
In late September, I participated in a unique gathering of scholar-practitioners, called the Balaton Group. Named after a large fresh water lake in Hungary, this 30 year old community comprises two...
View ArticleA Young Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk's Promises
When I visit Sri Lanka, as I did last week, I always try to spend a few days at the Island’s Southernmost City, Matara. One goal of my visits to Sri Lanka’s Buddhist heartland is spending time at...
View ArticleMy Sister's Governance Philsophy: A Simple, Eloquent Message for Political...
In a note responding to a recent email, my younger sister offered this simple, eloquent governance philosophy.“…I guess it should not be surprising that the bulk of mankind seeks similar service from...
View ArticleUS Political Fund-Raising: Legalized Corruption
A few weeks ago, Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Policy keynoted a conference I helped organize. Among those in demand for such addresses, worldwide, there are few speakers who...
View ArticleSome Daily Tweets - moarly on the need for self improvement - and humility
I used to find time to post a blog nearly every day. Committing to a disciplined daily practice of meditation and of system dynamics modeling has taken its place. In adopting this regimen I have...
View ArticleOn LIne Vendor Upgrades - How Often has this Happened to You
In an era when travel agents may soon share the fate of the passenger pigeon, I have one of the best. For more than twenty years, she has been my partner in booking complex international trips and...
View ArticleSustainability in God's Creation - Don't Imagine its a Benign State!
My sister, a gifted poet, and artist shared the following with me, not long ago.CORVINUSCruel crow!You punctuate the sky.Magnificent,You reave the nest of chicks,Their gaping mouthsAnd tender...
View ArticleDormgrandpop's Holiday Newsletter
DORMGRANDPOPDormgrandpop.blogspot.comDear Family and Friends, Near and Far, The local post office, within walking distance from home will soon be reverting to part-time status – it will be open only...
View ArticleFour Priciples that May be Helpful to Those Seeking to Build and Use Dynamics...
For the second Spring term in succession I am teaching “Dynamic Modeling of Public Policy Systems” at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. This is a course in system dynamics...
View ArticleA Reflection on Happiness
Yesterday was spent with two friends, driving to the Malaysian border city of Johor Baru and visiting the Farmers’ (and small entrepreneurs) Market that is held each Saturday morning in a vacant lot...
View ArticleOpening Ourselves to Others Through "Meditative Attention."
The following passage is from my current early-morning read, Arthur Zajonc (2008) Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry, When Knowing Becomes Love. When I read the passage, I thought of a few luminous...
View Article“I feel happy when...” - a very personal response to a Singaporean...
One of my current projects is writing a reflection on a Singaporean development “White Paper.” It is entitled, A Sustainable Population for A Dynamic Singapore. The Paper was recently made public by...
View Article"All we are asked to be in the world is what God is. "On Being" interview...
While doing my laundry, fixing my ‘”take to the office” lunch and getting organized for a Saturday of work, I was listening to an inspiring www.onbeing.orgpodcast with Jesuit Father Greg Boyle. Fr....
View ArticleBelated 75th Birthday Reflections - On Systems Thinking and Modeling, Pope...
Last year, on my 74th birthday, also celebrated in Singapore, I reflected on the fact 74 years old was about the same age that Deng Xiaoping consolidated power in China. Within a few years, his...
View ArticleGMAIL Compose - A rant against the totalitarianism of software developers
Signing on my my GMAIL yesterday, I was alerted to the new COMPOSE feature. Today the evil genius produced the new RESPOND feature. These are not useful and not an option. How I HATE it when software...
View ArticleDYNAMIC SYSTEMS MODULES AND MORAL VIRTUE - RECENT TWEETS
(The MCK quotes are from Book on a Thai Bhikkuni – Mae Chee Kaew, my recently completed contemplative practice reading.)Awake at 4:30. Thinking about dynamic systems molecules. How can I best share...
View ArticleTHE MIND'S KNOWING ESSENCE - MORE EARLY MORNING TWEETS
The Lee Kuan Yew school is - potentially - one of the world’s highest leverage institutions. How can it fully realize that potential? The primal delusion that mobilizes the forces of greed and anger...
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