Blogs about: Bowling Alone
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No foreclosure from gift debt
Flickr/martingommel Thomas Meaney, recently reviewed David Graeber’s DEBT: The First 5,000 Years for the NYT Book Review. [Graeber helped inspire the Occupy Wallstreet movement.] Meaney writes:… more →
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Research about churches practical contribution to their communities - readable and well worth reading
wrote 1 day ago: Better off with out them – a fascinating, informative and useful report about churches working in th … more →
Beyond Social Media, Creating Social Capital
wrote 2 weeks ago: Rich conversation and insights flowed on Friday morning when the Booth Strategy Discussion group hap … more →
Essay - virtual communities; bowling alone online together, Felicia Wu Song
wrote 3 weeks ago: This book discusses the ideology that people now have the ability to use the internet to create a co … more →
Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital
wrote 3 weeks ago: Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital Some powerful and useful ideas from Robert P … more →
There's never only one community
wrote 3 weeks ago: There’s never only one community Great post from Alex Hillman about sub-communities: - Why the … more →
If You Don't Care About Them, Why Will They Care About You?
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wrote 1 month ago: A reader of Michael Rosen Says… recently contacted me with her/his own unfortunate experience with a … more →
CPAC RECAP DAY 2 (Entry 2 of 3):
wrote 1 month ago: CPAC RECAP DAY 2: the populist “stand with rand” movement at CPAC With my media credenti … more →
Bowling Together
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wrote 2 months ago: As many of you know, I attend a small church out in the country. Like many small churches in the mai … more →
"Suzana Sent Me!" - The Importance of Connections
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wrote 2 months ago: “Suzana sent me.” I said it with complete confidence. I had a connection. If Suzana sent … more →
Alternatives #6: Happiness is a good goal to aim for
wrote 2 months ago: ”I want a grant so I can get a bigger shop.” “Why do you want a bigger shop? … more →
Same river twice
wrote 2 months ago: This is not about going back to your prom night, or re-entering the job market. It’s about loc … more →
Bowling Alone
wrote 3 months ago: I was on a trip and decided to do a little bowling alone on Saturday night. We have a bowling alley … more →
The Big Sort
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wrote 3 months ago: Bill Bishop’s book The Big Sort describes how communities have concentrations of like minded p … more →
My recreation centre brings together diverse folks for fitness and friendship
wrote 3 months ago: I have become a regular patron of my local recreation / community centre over the last six months dr … more →
writing on walls
wrote 3 months ago: In my bag, I keep a tattered hard-bound notebook (think pseudo moleskine) to record interesting quot … more →
Movie Night
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wrote 3 months ago: We’ve been talking about showing films at the community center in Penns Valley almost since the day … more →
What the United States can learn from Uganda
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wrote 4 months ago: In many ways, the United States is a country full of donors. Americans frequently tithe at church, c … more →
Te’o – From Facebook to Face-to-Face
wrote 4 months ago: I was thinking about the Manti Te’o story and I was reminded of a book I read called “Bowling Alone” … more →
Bowling Alone for Columbine
wrote 5 months ago: The world hasn’t ended yet, it just sometimes feels like it has. In reading about the terrible … more →
