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The Disappeared
L'el
It's sad to see that someone has packed up their profile, and left this site. Goodbye? . Loss .
Community Control of Water in the Early West
L'el
More from my water-law text: "A commonly-held assumption that the western states quickly and uniformly adopted prior appropriation is not accurate. Western history shows that the earliest irrigation developed around various quasi-utopian colony schemes, and... More »
Zaadzmercial!
L'el
Check it out!! Starring members of my weekly meditation group...
Alex on Spiritual Community
L'el
A snippet of interview with my friend Alex, co-founder of the weekly student meditation group I'm in...
It's the Community, Stupid.
L'el
Not stricter campus security. Not more metal detectors, not more ID cards, not more cop power, not rules not rules not rules. Gah. It's hard to breathe in this "Circle the Wagons" mentality after the... More »
Play: The Ground for Community
L'el
Having mentioned community so many times in this little blog of mine; I feel obliged to point out this piece in the NY Times about the newest trend in playground design. Actually, more than that:... More »
The Community of Circle-Sitting
L'el
I have been meaning, for about four months now, to write a bit about the Community Building experience Siona and I took part of this past summer. Except, no, I don't mean to write about... More »
Community Makes Zzzzzz's
L'el
So. Scientists just learned that fruit flies sleep more after they socialize . Their need for sleep grew with the size of the group they socialized with.
The Role of Status in Community
L'el
A month or so ago, there was an incident of personal harrassment on another online community that I frequent. One member of the forum posted a vulgar rant personally attacking another member. The attack was... More »
On Community
L'el
"In 1966 and in 1986, pollster Louis Harris asked respondents whether they agreed with a series of statements like “I feel left out of things going on around me” and “What I think doesn’t matter... More »
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