Posted by Birute Regine 11 20th, 2010
Fed up with the polarization and posturing in Congress, many people opted to vote out the old and vote in the new in hopes of changing the game. Voting out women, however, is not going to help solve these problems. This is the first decline in women represented in Congress since 1978. Scores of countries […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 11 9th, 2010
When I interviewed Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson several years ago she had presented a peace resolution that was pending in Congress. The thinking behind it was that we need to plan for peace like we plan for war. She told me that some of her male colleagues in Congress said they were afraid to […]
Posted in : IB movement
Posted by Birute Regine 10 14th, 2010
(This blog was originally published on the Huffington Post, Oct 5, 2010) Years ago, I visited my daughter Rasa at a wildlife camp about 10 miles south of Nairobi, Kenya, where she was studying wildlife management. Rasa’s three months at the camp, closely connected as she was to nature, transformed this beautiful strong young woman, […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 10 4th, 2010
Tea Partiers and right wing conservatives have been proclaiming themselves as advocates of the US Constitution and want to go back to the original interpretation established by the framers. Their near hysterical and distorted manner of embracing the Constitution seems to have missed an important element, the heart and soul of the document itself. When […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 09 22nd, 2010
September 21 was International Day of Peace and in honor of that day I wrote a blog that is published on the Huffington Post. Take a look here and I would love to hear your comments.
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Posted by Birute Regine 09 15th, 2010
I came across ancient predictions from civilizations as far apart as Meso-America and Asia that point to 2010 as the beginning of an inevitable transition from the Era of Man, which has extended back some 5000 years, to a new, more embracing, more human era: The Era of Woman. A proliferation of patriarchal societies defined […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 08 19th, 2010
I’ve read the amazingly successful blockbuster bestseller “Eat,Pray, Love.” It’s a well-written, witty, entertaining memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert. I have to admit, I’ve been scratching my head as to why is has been among the top 10 books for how many years now? It’s good, but is it really that good? Okay, I admit I […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 08 15th, 2010
In a domination culture, which is the culture we live in, vulnerabilities are regarded only as a weakness and something to deny and avoid. No wonder, because exposing a vulnerability in a domination-based society is an opportunity to exploit and diminish someone in order to elevate yourself. Consequently, a lot of people end up disconnecting and […]
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