The Heirloom
The Heirloom is a riveting, fast-paced story about some of the characters caught up in a rapidly collapsing United States. This tale meets the plausibility test requisite of a any good novel. On that front, I find it far superior…
Quickening
In the United States, various states offer glimpses into the future of industrial economies. Wisconsin is filling the mainstream media outlets, but California really leads the way. In the latter state, the lights have gone out and the water has…
Missing the forest and the trees
by John Duffy Humans are creatures of myth. We invent stories to help us understand our surroundings, but we then become slaves to those stories, and to the false truths within. The real world, is the physical world; the sun,…
This time is different
Okay, I'm convinced. I've been wrong this entire time, but I'm willing to admit the error of my ways. It's time to move on. The industrial age will last forever, with no negative consequences for the living planet, including an…
So, when do we get that ‘Peace Dividend’?
by gregg brazel Peace and kindness to you, my brothers and sisters of all the lands and seas of this turbulent world. I hope you and yours are managing to maintain your sanity and lives in these dreary days. I…
The Ends of the Earth
How far will we go to secure energy? Clearly, to the ends of the Earth. And perhaps even to the end of the (living) world. Judging from their actions, most people I know are more to committed maintaining their imperial…
Population decline in rich nations: Will it be good for our planet?
by Gary Peters If the animal kingdom were a democracy, Homo sapiens would have been voted off the planet long ago, when it first became apparent that human survival would not bode well for most others. There was no vote,…