Fred Rogers – 2018’s Favorite Person
This year we have heard and read much about life and work of Fred Rogers, much nostalgically, contrasting his message of kindness and positive regard with our era of toxic politics, policy, and mass media. I add the adjectives “effective” and “significant” to describe him, for his was a positive message that helped make a difference. Many wish for a return to Rogers’ values thought to be in present decline.
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Profiles: Seventeen Exemplary Persons I’d like to meet in Heaven
“In these times when human nature seems darker and weaker than we know it to be, we should remind ourselves of qualities we admire and those people who exemplify them. It seems timely that my profiles now focus on individuals who hold us to a higher standard of decency, who may inspire us.”
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Astrology, Deeper and Wider: Eleven Years of Book Reviews
Even astrologers have tribal tendencies, and only talk to people in their own “bubble”. Yet many astrologers have written books that have gone beyond convention into new areas of astrological possibility. I have reviewed many of them over the past decade.
Read MoreDefinitions and Foundations. by Robert Schmidt (2009)
(TARES), (www.projecthindsight.com) Cumberland, MD: Golden Hind Press. (2009) Reviewed by Joseph Crane September, 2009 Most people want a...
Read More“Moving Forward, Looking Back” NCGR Research Journal 2010
Reviewed by Joseph Crane January, 2011 The most recent NCGR Research Journal brings together ten prominent astrologers of traditional and...
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