Parker Palmer on Moyers Journal

Bill Moyers interviewed Parker Palmer on Journal tonight. Palmer's a well-known author and sociologist (I've read The Courage to Teach and recommend it for anyone who plans on teaching as a career). He talked about his idea of the "tragic gap"--a place between reality and hope where illusions are finally stripped away (thus, the tragedy) and real possibilities and potentials are recognized. A compelling notion, to say the least. He eloquently articulates what millions of Americans are only recently realizing--that American identity has been fattened on illusions. Finally seeing through the fog of illusion is painful but essential to realizing healthy, sustaining possibilities for the future. Go to pbs.org, find the link to Bill Moyers' Journal, and check out tonight's episode. It's worth your while.