Here as promised are some of the books I mentioned in my talk this past Sunday (plus a few more).  Most should be available at your local library, or through inter-library loan.
Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin.  The now-classic how-and-why-to on achieving Financial Independence.  The related website is http://www.simpleliving.net/main/.
The Soul [...]

If you eat food, check out this article (and recipes!) in today’s New York Times. Then visit theppk.com for more recipes, cookbooks, and information by my favorite vegan baker and cook. Yes you can do good by eating well. And please don’t fall into that “Oh I could never give up ____ [so I'm [...]

William Sweet, author of Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy, gave a half-hour talk in November at the NY Society for Ethical Culture.  You can see a (partly jumpy) video of his talk on Google Video. The second half of the talk focuses on the psychological and political [...]

Some have asked for more information from and about Rebecca, who gave a passionate and provocative platform address yesterday.  (It should be up on our Audio Library page in a few days.)  On her website, revreb.com, you can read her views on the modern ritual of weddings, the creation of the ideal of romantic love [...]

Last Sunday’s platform speaker, Martin Rafanan of NCCJSTL (National Conference for Community and Justice of Metropolitan St. Louis) has donated his honorarium to the African Mutual Assistance Association of Missouri, whose mission is to help African refugees and other legal immigrants become [...]

Stephen Colbert is worried about Missouri.  (If the link doesn’t work, you can find it through the Comedy Central site, the Stephen Colbert clip titled “Worry.”)

The problem with Colin Powell’s “Pottery Barn” theory on Iraq—we broke it, so we have to buy/fix it (besides that that’s not Pottery Barn’s policy)—is that the people who “broke” Iraq by choosing to invade it and doing such a poor job of planning and implementation are not the same people who get maimed and [...]

On my walk to work today (How can I give it up—it’s where I do my best thinking!) I re-thought my chronic guilt that my platform addresses are not as good as they should be.  Hang on–I’m not fishing for compliments, so please don’t send me any; I’ve heard and appreciate all the positive feedback [...]

Greetings and Happy New Year, everyone; I hope your holidays were warm and loving. Billy and I enjoyed seeing family and friends in New York City and Connecticut.
And now here we are in 2007. Resolution time. Yes, it’s cheesy, but any excuse to examine our lives and try to make them a [...]