One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe…

If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space ~ Unidentified United Nations peacekeeper in the Balkans, quoted in John H. F. Shattuck's Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and America's Response   I grew up…

The search for truth takes you where the evidence leads you, even if, at first, you don't want to go there ~ Bart D. Ehrman   Authority is one of the pillars of patriarchy. I recall one of my colleagues…

I was interviewed for the Carol Rosin Show on 31 March 2017. The online radio program is archived below.   Robin Westenra wrote his analysis of the recent interaction between Paul Beckwith on Facebook. It was posted here on 31…

My April essay for the Weekly Hubris was posted Friday, 30 March 2017. It can be read here.

I would rather die of passion than of boredom ~ Vincent Van Gogh   When asked why we are here, the inimitable American author Kurt Vonnegut frequently quoted his son Mark and also his uncle. The former individual, between stints…

I was interviewed for Margo's Healing Corner on 17 March 2017. The result is embedded below, with my thanks to Margo.   I was interviewed by Dougie the Abolitionist on live radio in Atlanta, Georgia on 18 March 2017. The…