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 <title>The Spectrum of Political Thought (or: Why Buddha Was a Republican)</title>
 <link>http://integrallife.com/node/117662</link>
 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;coreys-homepage&quot;&gt;&lt;link href=&quot;http://s3.amazonaws.com/integral-life-home/IntegralPolitics3-600.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;image_src&quot; /&gt; &lt;meta name=&quot;description&quot; content=&quot;More than ever, the world is in need of a new political vision&amp;mdash;one that fully honors the brilliant multi-perspectival mechanics of modern democracy, allowing various forms of political thought to inform and influence our decision making, while avoiding the paralysis of ideological gridlock that has become the new norm for American governance.&amp;nbsp; Whether you are on the Right or the Left, whether you are a staunch individualist &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/node/117662&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:48:23 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Obama&#039;s First Year: The Good, the Bad, and the Partial</title>
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&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;750&quot;&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td width=&quot;330&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;After last week&#039;s State of the Union Address, you may have been reflecting upon the past year of Obama&#039;s presidency and asking yourself a few questions:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/obamas-first-year&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:01:07 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>One Person, One Vote, One Catch</title>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 12:47:49 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Is an Integral World Federation Possible?</title>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:54:24 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Perspectives on President Obama</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;rtecenter&quot;&gt;Share your own perspectives by clicking here!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;INQUIRY:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/node/34272&quot;&gt;What are your reactions to the election of President Barack Hussein Obama?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/contributors/ken-wilber&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;75&quot; height=&quot;103&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; class=&quot;white-right-border&quot; src=&quot;http://integrallife.com/files/imagecache/contributor/image/KenWilber.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/contributors/ken-wilber&quot;&gt;Ken Wilber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/apply/politics-civics/perspectives-president-obama&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:41:42 -0700</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Corey deVos</dc:creator>
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 <title>Integral Politics: Change You Can Breathe Into</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pieces in This Series:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/node/15724&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;150&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;white-right-border&quot; src=&quot;http://integral-naked-holons.s3.amazonaws.com/ipol-fouramericas.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/node/15724&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Tale of Four Americas: A Brief Summary of an Integral Approach to Politics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/apply/politics-civics/integral-politics-change-you-can-breathe&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:09:12 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Corey deVos</dc:creator>
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 <title>Obama and McCain: Seeing Through the Talking Points</title>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:08:11 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Corey deVos</dc:creator>
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 <title>A Tale of Four Americas: A Brief Summary of an Integral Approach to Politics</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;hr width=&quot;100%&quot; /&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/apply/politics-civics/tale-four-americas-brief-summary-integral-approach-politics&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:50:02 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Corey deVos</dc:creator>
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 <title>The Deconstruction of the World Trade Center</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;rtecenter&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;INTRODUCTION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;lsquo;The Deconstruction of the World Trade Center&amp;mdash;A Date That Will Live in a Sliding Chain of Signifiers&amp;rsquo; is an excerpt, from the novel &lt;em&gt;Boomeritis&lt;/em&gt;, dealing with the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.&amp;nbsp; The novel itself will be released this coming April.&amp;nbsp; It was not my intention to post any of it until that time; recent events convinced me otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/apply/politics-civics/deconstruction-world-trade-center&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:31:11 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Corey deVos</dc:creator>
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 <title>Towards an Integral Theory of World Governance</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this dialogue, Bill and Ken often use the terminology of Spiral Dynamics, one of many developmental models useful to       understand people&#039;s value systems.  Modern developmental research has found that individuals tend to move through       numerous levels, stages, memes, or   waves of development, including:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Archaic-instinctual (&lt;b&gt;beige&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Magic-animistic (&lt;b&gt;purple&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Egocentric-power (&lt;b&gt;red&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mythic-traditional (&lt;b&gt;blue&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://integrallife.com/apply/politics-civics/towards-integral-theory-world-governance&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:56:23 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Corey deVos</dc:creator>
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