Some good words for the US President right now:
‘Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.
Raymond Chandler 1888-1959
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- Abraham Path An attempt to physically bridge the chasm between Islam, Christianity and Judaism
- Art not Hate A really interesting site about creative responses to conflict, especially artistic ones
- Benny's Blog Great site from an evangelical Christian Church of England/Episcopalian vicar old friend of mine Benny who is contesting Christian condemnation of homosexuality
- Correlates of War Project Excellent source of information on all forms of armed conflict
- Creating Reciprocity Great site about the role of empathy and reciprocity in conflict
- End of Economic Growth: Richard Heinberg Great site for information on why and how economic growth may be over; with profound implications for future conflict
- Equality Trust My old contact Richard Wilkinson’s data based site on economic inequality: an often missed vertical element in conflict
- Grist Organization I like the data driven approach of this environmental site
- Jerome Slater Really interesting Middle East expert and blogger with a mind of his own
- Josh Berer Interesting site on Arabic art by someone who has lived in the Yemen
- Less Wrong Blog A great introduction to different ways of thinking that takes account of recent research in biases and heuristics and how to be appropriately influenced by new information.
- Move Him Into the Sun A blog devoted to World War 1 war poetry with unusual selections and critical comment. Very generative
- Natasa in Malawi I am enjoying Natasa’s (from Slovenia) coming to terms with life and working for an NGO in Malawi.
- Peace Mapping A really useful site that shows visual ways to re-frame conflict
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- Right Brain Blogger A really interesting insightful blog on creativity and its blocks. Really powerful insights that will help in conflict, especially our internal conflicts
- Roger the Surf Blog on Climate Change from a Skeptics Viewpoint This blog is a monument to Confirmation Bias in the direction of Climate Change Skepticism. That said it has a lot of reference material some peer reviewed and is therefore a useful resource if you can get past the rhetoric of one of my correspondents.
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