Observations over a bowl of noodles

31. October 2011

by Tamnaa, who was born in 1948 and, by his own account, is still kickin’ (full bio below) There’s a noodle shop in our village that my wife and I like to visit occasionally for lunch. It is run by a very nice family and they have allowed us to put up a sign advertising [...]

Walking Away from Empire: A Personal Journey

27. October 2011

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My memoir, Walking Away from Empire, is available from the publisher. It’s also available at Amazon (also for kindle) and Barnes & Noble. Reviews have been provided by kulturcritic Sandy Krolick, professor John Rember, poet Cameron Conaway, and the Quillayute Cowboy, and a blurb appears courtesy of professor Steve DeStefano. The book’s trailer, prepared by [...]

Continental rift

25. October 2011

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The embedded video is timely more than year after it was created. It is presented without further commentary because a word to the wise is unnecessary and a word to the dullard goes unheeded.

Couchsurfing part 2

20. October 2011

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I promised to provide additional video based on my visit to Wisconsin and Michigan last month as they became available. With this post, I reluctantly submit to my earlier promise. This video clip was shot with a handheld camera in a barn with poor lighting. Adding to the misery: It starts a few minutes into [...]

My one demand

15. October 2011

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by Jinger Dixon, global trends analyst and contributor at Trends Research Reloaded I was recently asked what I thought the “one demand” should be for the OWS protest. That’s a tough question. I’ve seen many lists of the things people are suggesting. Most seem well intended. However, no one demand alone even begins to scratch [...]

Emotional Morons

10. October 2011

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by John Rember, who blogs at MFA in a Box 1. In the 1951 short story, “The Marching Morons,” science-fiction writer C.M. Kornbluth postulates a far future where smart people have been outbred by stupid ones. As a result the average IQ is 45. Five billion stupid folks sit around, watch TV, and go to [...]

Membership has its privileges

5. October 2011

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by Mike Sliwa, who blogs at Chasing a Different Carrot with his wife Karen We spent three months at the mud hut and lived to tell about it. My wife Karen and I were fortunate enough to spend most of our summer with Guy on his doomstead and came away with an appreciation for how [...]

All of the Above

4. October 2011

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Timothy Scott Bennett’s novel, All of the Above, was published in August 2011. If you’ve been paying attention, you recognize the author’s name: Bennett and his partner, Sally Erickson, put out the superb documentary film, What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire. I reviewed the film briefly about four years ago. [...]

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