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Friday, August 28, 2009
What's the Value of Conspiracy Theory?
For when you'd rather silence your critics rather than debate them...

Friday, December 26, 2008
Dreaming of a Buy-Nothing Christmas
(2 comments) It's kind of ironic that for several years being an atheist I still celebrated Christmas reflexively because that's what I'd always done. The last several years I've been gradually winding down my participation. I still gather with family and friends, but each year I buy less.

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Films For Action tops 300 Activist-Issue Videos You Can Watch Online
We just hit our three hundredth video added to the Films For Action website. It's an amazing collection of the best activist-issue films you can find scattered across the internet, all cataloged in one place. Documentaries, short films, and other kinds of videos covering: activism, big media, climate change, consumerism, corporations, education, election fraud, impeachment, money, peak oil, politics, sustainability, and more.

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Why Do We Do Drugs?
(3 comments) I suppose if you don't do any drugs at all you can stop reading this. But for many of us, perhaps most of us, we all do something. When our drug of choice isn't pot it's certainly alcohol. And when it's not either of those the national standard for our consumer society is, of course, shopping. More than likely it's probably both or a combination of many.

Thursday, October 16, 2008
9/11 in 33 Minutes: Determining the Official Story Cannot Be True
(1 comments) Seven years after 9/11, debate about who was involved in the attacks remains as contentious as ever. Despite Osama Bin Laden being popularly named as the prime suspect, the FBI to this day does not have him listed on their Most Wanted list for 9/11. By the FBI's own admission, there is "no hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11". So who was responsible? We still don't know, but one thing can be sure...

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
It's Time Anti-War Activists Go Back to School
(2 comments) Activists protesting the war at last month's Democratic National Convention have come and gone. Banners were unfurled. Protesters marched and chanted. Puppets of Bush and company provided comic relief. But looking back at the conference, there is no clear sign that any of these efforts have gotten us any closer to ending the war.