Mission Statement

We aim to represent the scope of human diversity, foster respect for the differences among us and build on the common ground beneath us. Our goals are to:
  • Encourage and maintain a high level of balanced dialogue,
  • Strive for truth,
  • Promote common courtesy,
  • Learn about each other in order to discover other viewpoints,
  • Investigate political and social issues from all perspectives,
  • Collectively develop new ways of thinking, and
  • Open pathways for community action.

February 21, 2005

Discussions

The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting series called Talking with the Enemy, "A series to help Americans bridge the bitter red-blue divide." While I don't like the intensely simplistic Red vs. Blue paradigm, I do think it's at least instructive to help folks learn how to talk to one another.

Another book along the "learning how to listen" vein is Prometheus Rising, by Robert Anton Wilson.



Wilson's approach is to teach you about your own "reality tunnel" and how we all tend to "choose" our own realities, even if we're not aware of it.

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