High tide of hate mail
The high tide of hate mail has rolled into my email in-box. I haven't had such an invigorating dose of hate mail since I wrote an op-ed piece for Arizona's largest and most conservative newspaper. I thought I'd share, just…
Greatest hits
Three years and 185 essays into the blogosphere, I've decided it's time for a "greatest hits" essay. The best part, for you: It's only a line or two per essay, and I've selected from only a dozen essays. The best…
Muddling along
After a woefully inept introduction, this essay forces me to stare into the abyss of planet-destroying myth. If you believe we're headed for a muddle-through future in which we correct massive ecological overshoot with the tranquility of Buddhist monks, this…
Visiting Chicago
I will be speaking in Rockford, Illinois the afternoon of Monday, 27 September as part of International Bioenergy Days 2010. Details are here. But this brief post is not about my conference presentation. It's about my visit to Chicago. As…
The risks of fiddling
American Empire provides bread, circuses, and all the toys we (think we) need, stolen from other countries and future generations. I can understand why people are reluctant to abandon the empire. In exchange for inhabiting a cubicle, you get to…
Making Other Arrangements: I’d Like to Help
Now that my own living arrangements are in order -- to the extent that's possible in light of ongoing, accelerating global climate change, decline of American Empire, and demise of the living planet — I would like to help other…
The agenda revisited
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. (Arthur Schopenhauer, one of my philosophical heroes) ______________________ Based on recent comments in this space, and also in…