Waking Point by Helen Noakes “’But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ said Alice. ‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the cat. ‘We’re all mad here.’” —Lewis Carroll SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.” —Earnest Benn SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Do not go gentle into that good night,/ Old age should burn and rage at close of day;/Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” —Dylan Thomas SAN…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species. Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “. . . where love is lacking, power fills the vacuum.”—C. G. Jung, “Four Archetypes” SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly Hubris)—8/30/10—Centuries ago, or perhaps yesterday, the powerful goddess, Demeter, accompanied…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there’s no turning back.”—Gloria Steinem SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Weekly Hubris)—8/16…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “They’ve been used at such a high volume that it’s unprecedented. The worst of these—Corexit 9527—is the one they’ve been using most. That ruptures red blood cells and…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “When you see the Earth from space, you don’t see any divisions of nation-states there. This may be the symbol of the new mythology to come; this is…

Waking Point by Helen Noakes “Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it…