6 Mar, 2019
Re-inhabiting planet earth
““I believe that for a moment I thought the explosion might set fire to the atmosphere and thus finish the...
21 Feb, 2019
At a Climate Crossroads: Nonviolence or Violence
“Sixty-one years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King declared, “Today the choice is no longer between violence and nonviolence. It is...
13 Feb, 2019
Nuclear Power Can’t Survive, Much Less Slow Climate Disruption
“Too late. We already have socialism for the rich, with the nuclear power industry as a prime example.” John LaForge...
22 Aug, 2018
Recreating the wilderness
“The science gets ever more dire. The politics runs the other way. We’ve claimed hold of the planet, but cluelessly,...
9 Mar, 2018
We are the Legends of Tomorrow. An Essay of the Man from the North
“The clock is ticking. Tick. Tick. Tick. Can you hear it? We have only . . . ” Rivera Sun...
7 Jan, 2018
Appeal to the Heartland
“I’m from the Heartland, from the lakes and woods of Minnesota. I lived in Minnesota and Wisconsin for almost all...
7 Oct, 2017
Now
“Don’t you just love it when a problem occurs and the one who caused says something like, “Now is not...
2 Aug, 2017
Reaching Paris Without Stopping in Washington
“History may record that the planet’s climate crisis was avoided thanks to the efforts of three countries: China, Germany, and...
26 Jun, 2017
Let’s Look at the Big Issues We Face
“Like many wonderful places in the US, we live in a bubble here in Taos, New Mexico, one in which...
22 Jun, 2017
Trump channels Nero
“Donald Trump is doing everything in his considerable power to insure a future of rising oceans, dirty unbreathable air, more...
4 Jun, 2017
Evil and the Paris Accords
“Much ink was spilled in the year leading up to the election of the president on the subject of incipient...
20 Jan, 2017
January 20, 2017, a day that will live in ignominy
“Donald J. Trump has been inaugurated as the 45th President of the US. If you are a xenophobic isolationist nationalist,...
13 Jan, 2017
The Light of the World
“There are two things that too many of us seem to be reluctant to take in about present conditions on...
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...