Pieces |
Damian interviewed in internal Advisory Board Company Newsletter: March 2015
from Damian:
1976: Grosse Pointe South High
School Graduation Address: "I
was forced to leave a world today..."
"He Fell Under Me" A true story of my most memorable moment on a dance floor.
A Project Manager's Dilemna: A reflection on what can be a maddening role in a technology company
Lincoln's Condolence Letter to
Mrs. Bixby...
It
was believed that Mrs. Bixby of Boston lost 5 sons in the war... (actually
two, and not five, of Mrs. Bixby's sons were killed)
The Sullivan Ballou Letter ...
Written
in anticipation of The Battle of Bull Run: July 14th, 1861
President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
is the only speech I have memorized.
(and is an inspiration
to me, even today... A clear, cogent and eloquent expression of the work at
hand in the Civil War)
Merlin on Gods's Light - An excerpt from The Crystal Cave© by Mary Stewart
from "A Private History of
Awe" By Scott
Russel Sanders:
Regarding
Science & Physics
Regarding
Religion
Current Affairs pieces:
War
is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
(from Amnesty International
NOW magazine, Winter 2002)
I believe that Kevin Phillips is one of the most important political/economic/social
authors of our time:
Excerpts from
"Wealth & Democracy:
A Political History of the American Rich"
Damian's
review of Wealth And Democracy - written for, and published (for a time)
on Amazon.com
Exerpts
from "Arrogant Capital: Washington,
Wall Street, and the Frustration of American Politics"
The best speech I've ever
read on Vietnam was given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (one of my heroes),
in 1967
(exchange the word "Communism"
for "Terrorism" in this writing, and the truth of these words seems
all too timely and poignant)
Why are we still in Vietnam? Preface to
The Vietnam Wars: 1945-1990 by Marilyn B. Young
(This piece points out
that "that war continues to be a primary instrument of American foreign
policy and the call to arms a first response to international disputes")
An excerpt from Demian, by Herman Hesse points
to the loss of spiritual integrity in both the individual and society
(as in all expressions
of truth, there seems to be a timelessness to these observations)
A Well-Considered piece on Ecomic Growth
(actually picked
this up from the back of a box of Celestial Seasons Chamomile tea)