14 Sep, 2016
The Future Cries Out: ‘Water Is Life’
“The dogs growl, the pepper spray bites, the bulldozers tear up the soil. “Water is life!” they cry. “Water is...
14 Sep, 2016
Pivot to peace
“OK, the history of the United States is one of a nation built on robbery, murder, massacre, exploitation by armed...
13 Sep, 2016
Health, Safety, Toxicity . . . and Elections
“Caring for the health and safety of our children and families is common ground where Americans on the left and...
11 Sep, 2016
Isn’t It Time to Ban the Bomb?
“Although the mass media failed to report it, a landmark event occurred recently in connection with resolving the long-discussed problem...
8 Sep, 2016
Sing the Body Politic, Electric
“Recently, I traveled by train across the US in a swaying, creeping journey of that took me through the backyards...
8 Sep, 2016
War vs. Democracy
“The paradox of democracy is that it depends on the integrity of those who have the most to lose if...
7 Sep, 2016
How Democrats and Republicans switched beliefs
“Strangely, over a century, America’s two major political parties gradually reversed identities, like the magnetic poles of Planet Earth switching...
7 Sep, 2016
Thrown Under the Automated Bus
“Automation isn’t coming. It’s here. At the airport, the public library, the grocery store, and dozens of other places, touch...
7 Sep, 2016
Commemorate the good September 11
“Here it comes—the marking of another year living with the memories and influences of September 11, 1906. Excuse me?…” Tom...
6 Sep, 2016
Protest and Disrespect: America in Black and White
“This country was built on protest, or so we are told. Americans fight for what is right, to correct injustices...
3 Sep, 2016
Luddites v Self-Driving Cars and Homelessness
“My car was rear-ended a few months ago, as I was stopped at a stop sign–clearly, the other driver’s fault....
2 Sep, 2016
Don’t elect tax and spend politicians
“What is the new frame for Republican Senate candidates? In Arizona, John McCain claims that once Clinton is elected…” Tom...
1 Sep, 2016
Reflections on the Anthropocene
“This is a little too big to simply call “news.” Indeed, I can’t move beyond these words — especially that...
31 Aug, 2016
None of the Above
“Western civilization has entered the long-predicted Secular Age when the power of religion over society gradually recedes. Europe started” James...
30 Aug, 2016
What’s Really Behind the Election
“You don’t have to be a poet to breathe new possibilities into an old, familiar metaphor. Recently, for example, author...