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[21 Jun 2007 | Comments Off By: Bryan Moats | ]
The Ecology of Commerce – Part 1 of 5

Book Review, Part 1.
To be truthful, I have not actually read this book, only part of it. I actually just recently purchased it used off of Amazon, seeing as there are no viable used book stores in Bowling Green at this time and Barnes and Noble didn’t have it in stock. Shameful, really, as it has been a great influence to many business, political and environmentalist leaders around the world today.
The day I ordered it, I couldn’t wait. So I went to the WKU library and checked it out and …

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[13 Nov 2006 | No Comment By: Bryan Moats | ]

I wait for my issues of the Stanford Social Innovation Review like kids men women people wait for the next issue of Playstation Magazine. All my cheat codes are in there, my insider information, all the stuff that doesn’t come with the booklet, right at my fingertips. In fact, my gaming experience (blogging, research, self-edification) depends partially on the magazine. Four times a year (yes, only every season,) I can be sure that I’m getting socially innovative information, critical, thoughtful, pessimistic and idealistic.
This fall’s issue is no different. In fact …

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[21 May 2006 | One Comment By: Bryan Moats | ]
Stanley Kunitz ~ 1905-2006

I admit that I had not read much of Stanley Kunitz’s poetry before hearing of his death recently on the radio. But as a reader and a former student of poetry, I had heard the name many times, perhaps from one of the many books he edited as well as wrote. My collection of poetry at home contains none of his books and I found only a few of his poems in my wife’s copy of the Norton Anthology of American Poetry.
My reaction after the radio story, like many people …