The Hippie Conservative

I have taken the time to post a Recommended Web Browsing column here on The Revolution. The sites selected are the blogs that I feel deviate and exceed the norm' from the typical writing you might find on your average blog search. Yet somehow, simply "posting a link" does not quite do justice for the bloggers behind these fantastic sites. So from time to time i may try and entice you to sample some of the scrumptious tid-bits of writing that is being written by these men and women. This one is a must see

The Hippie Conservative

A website review doesn't really compare to The H.C.'s ability to present a new and exiting view on politics and human psychology. The best complement i can offer might still fall short of this uncanny ability to dismantle an issue and serve it up in a new flavor. If objective information was like calories, then The H.C.'s style would be like cheesecake. (Mmmmm.... food metaphors.....). Every post is packed full of links to his resources. There is always a broad selection of links that favor sides of the argument at hand. Ahhh objective writing, its like a drug to me.... and on that note please consider me a blog dealer and take a drag of this site.

The Hippie Conservatives current posts are a three part series entitled How they control us, which is all about how media and government use information and terminology to manipulate the masses. Very eye-opening. Other favs' of mine include The H.C.'s Analogies, which are stories from his past in which The H.C's draws a life lesson from the strangest experiences, ultimately making his readers appreciate the little stuff in life. The H.C.'s also makes some guest appearances on the web television show Studio 1714, (Clips are available on his blog.)

Like I said before in the beginning of this post i could go on, but it really isn't the same as just reading for yourself. So once again i will encourage you to visit http://www.thehippieconservative.com/, maybe subscribe to his RSS feed if you like what you see, maybe you'll find a new way to look at the world, that most of us take for granted.

The Agnostic Mom

I would like to make a website recommendation for any parent who is agnostic, or just not religious. http://www.agnosticmom.com/

I recently stumbled on to this little gem of a weblog and thought I would take the opportunity to share it with you. The author is Noell Hyman, the goal of her site it to provide advice and information for raising a healthy family without religion, and may i say i found it very informative and practical.

Noell offers alternatives in dealing with everyday issues that are normally handled by religious concepts. Most of her blogs involve one of her experiences with one of her two children, who are both under the age of 5. Noell goes through takes the time to provide in-depth explanation of why she handled each situation the way she did, leaving the reader with a full understanding behind her motives and actions.

One a perfect example of her expertise is found in a post called Telling your children about death.

As I have said before, children are very curious about mortality even at a young age. When the subject came about in my house, I used similar explanation's as Noell to try and explain the concepts of death.

As an agnostic, I feel it its important to keep my children aware of both sides of the argument. I try to give them insight into both religious and non-religious perspectives. I try not to push my agendas on to my children. When they get older they can choose what to believe based on their own feelings and thoughts, rather that what was force-fed to them throughout their childhood. Take the author Of the Agnostic Mom for example: She offers her children non-religious explanations that help her children understand death, yet the they still have religious family members, and religious awareness. This will keep them very objective, and most likely will have a non-bias point of view on most issues that they face in their lives. Excellent blog, and I hope you all will give it a chance.