Katie Testa, also known as Delilah de Cleyre, is the Founder and Executive Director of Education at Metro Detroit Nonviolent Communication, where she supports those with an interest in learning, practicing, and integrating Nonviolent Communication through one on one...
Political debate is everywhere. There’s no escaping it. Whether it’s in the media, at work, in social settings, on social media, at church, or in the home, you’re never far away from people engaged in political discussion. Which is...
In September of last year, I was pulled over by a quota-driven cop and given a ticket for speeding. The ticket carried with it a significant fine and the addition of 4-points onto my license. This past Thursday (May...
Very often people tell me they really wish they could homeschool but they feel like they cannot for various reasons.
Usually people tell me: “I would love to homeschool Timmy but I just do not have enough money to do...
Parents whose children attend St Patrick’s Geelong West Primary have been informed that hugging is now banned. Geelong West Primary principal John Grant reported as saying, “In this current day and age we are really conscious about protecting kids...
We’re living in times in which ancient and seemingly immutable institutions are being overturned and disrupted by technology.
Uber for traditional taxi cartels, Airbnb for hotels, Bitcoin for finance, Ethereum for (well we’re not so sure yet but we...
As the title of my essay indicates, this is a rebuttal to "Irony Alert: Older Voters Who Reject Democratic Socialism Actually Benefited from It the Most" written by Calvin Wolf. You can find more on Wolf and his work...
Alberto Roman is a very seasoned shaman and my teacher. He talked with me about Shamanism, Ayahuasca and San Pedro and how these tools can empower us all and bring our better selves out and help us live a...
Anarchists uselessly squabble with each other over who is less of a hypocrite, or more of an anarchist, or whose preferred anarcho-society is better. Much of the divide lies between the libertarian “right” (anarcho-capitalists, individualists) and the libertarian “left”(anarcho-communists,...
Looking for a metaphor for the futility and propagandizing of the State? Budweiser is providing an apropos branding change this summer, changing the label on their cans to ‘America,’ to coincide with this year’s presidential elections. Like Budweiser, the...
