A lot has happened politically since the last post. The goal for 2011 is to make this a much more active blog. I am more convinced than ever that unless the humans on this planet come to understand that underneath our different looks, locales, and beliefs, we are all the same species. And as a species, we need to pull together to avert the coming environmental disaster. If we don’t, there will be a tremendous increase in suffering for almost all of us.

Achieving a HumansTogether understanding involves promoting our core empathetic nature as a species. Promoting our cooperative nature over our competitive nature has a political component. Neither the Democratic or Republican parties are framing a solution based on a HumansTogether vision. In fact, Republicans are marching aggressively in the exact wrong direction.

Yet I remain optimistic. A few months back I read an interview with legendary historian Lawrence Goodwyn on Obama, the larger currents in our political life, and the possibility of a rebirth in our democratic culture. I share his belief that:

“it will become increasingly transparent in the coming year that the politics of the GOP is absolutely incoherent. Much of the Republican tent is simply flapping in the breeze behind a cascade of public lies. As it now presents itself, the so-called party of conservatism has nothing to bring to the economic crisis except demagogy. So long-term despair is unwarranted for Democrats. They need to harness their poise and undertake to be politically creative not just right now but for the next six years.”

Here is the link to the entire article: http://www.alternet.org/news/148582/lawrence_goodwyn%3A_the_great_predicament_facing_obama/

In the meantime, remember that we as humans all need to recognize that:

• We are all imperfect,
• At the core level we are all the same, and
• In the long run, we are all in the same fragile planetary ecosystem.