The last FREE Insights, January 15th, focused on community security. I noted the next few FREE Insights would explore another feature of our local culture, strong commitments to deliver necessities and services to the poor, unfortunate, and the needy. This is true but incomplete. The community also responds to victories and promising opportunities. Here is […]
Read MoreEarly in December I received an invitation to give a talk this summer in Aix en Provence, France. Ramona and I had often been to Aix but not for many years. We still have a 1985 Peugeot TD wagon she bought new at the Peugeot factory, drove around France, and had shipped home. Still in […]
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People observe their surroundings with an implicit model of how the world works. Very few however, even alert individuals, appreciate the scope of ecological entrepreneurship. It’s easy to understand those seeking profits: They produce a new product or service and sell it in the market. Motivating incentives are obvious. Nonprofit entrepreneurs are more illusive and […]
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Ramona and I are beginning the New Year with a new rule for household living. After nearly forty productive and satisfying years working together in universities, think tanks, and on our ranch, we thought we had incorporated life’s guidelines for living. However we missed an important one, a near fatal mistake. Successful couples develop implicit […]
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