Cruising on Facebook and Cynthia Vance and Pat Druckenmiller recommended Chris Hayes morning news program. I followed the link and ran into his book, Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy. It is a compelling read. Both the conservative and liberal sides are caught in the same dilemma -- a crisis of authority -- the economic, political and cultural elites the rest of us count on are demonstrably not trustable. He describes this crisis of authority as a structural problem, showing up in politics, banking, corporations, education, churches, even major league baseball. http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/9765-twilight-of-the-elites-a-rev... Jim Wiegel Jfwiegel@yahoo.com “One cannot live in the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s morning; for what was great in the morning will be of little importance in the evening, and what in the morning was true will at evening have become a lie.” – Carl Jung Partners in Participation Upcoming public course opportunities: ToP Facilitation Methods, Sept 11-12, 2012 ToP Strategic Planning, Oct 9-10, 2012 The AZ Community of Practice meets the 1st Friday- Sept 7, 2012 Facilitation Mastery : Our Mastering the Technology of Participation program is available in Phoenix in 2012-3. Program begins on Nov 14-16, 2012 See short video http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=55 and website for further details. On Jul 2, 2012, at 15:32, KarenBueno@aol.com wrote: