SHARE        Wednesday, August 19, 2020
"But What I Really Want"" When I look around at what amounts to "the left" in the US, I find it to be full of compromises, with nearly nothing to be excited about.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Thinking Outside the Social Media Echo Chamber Lately, it's been popular to refer to the increasingly narrow worldview that we receive this way as an "echo chamber.",,, Rather than picturing ourselves along a spectrum-defined by only two dimensions-we can envision ourselves in bubbles,,, This admits to being in a bubble, which is honest.

(6 comments) SHARE        Saturday, August 1, 2020
Centering the Earth Something remarkable is happening in the US in 2020 in terms of public awareness of race. The George Floyd uprising, two months in duration so far, has brought formerly fringe ideas into the mainstream, shifting the entire frame of discourse to the left.

(7 comments) SHARE        Saturday, July 25, 2020
This is What Collapse Looks Like We can't say we weren't warned. Since the beginning of this misbegotten project called civilization, there have been dissidents in word and in deed. At every step of the way when we have chosen to walk with ecocide, we could have taken a different path, but didn't. Now here's the reckoning.

(6 comments) SHARE        Thursday, July 9, 2020
COVID-19 Denialism is Rooted in the Settler Colonial Mindset COVID denialism in the US is problematic to say the least. The nation is facing a public health crisis that's far worse than it needs to be, as shown by the examples of countless other nations around the world that have largely suppressed the first wave. In fact, the US is one of the most dangerous places to be for this pandemic.

SHARE        Thursday, June 25, 2020
Interview with a Tree-sitter On June 9th and 12th, I interviewed Lupine, a tree-sitter who is currently participating in a Redwood Forest Defense campaign to stop logging at a site in Humboldt County, California.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, June 4, 2020
Trying to Go Deep on Social Media is Like Trying to Dig a Hole from a Moving Vehicle What's happening at all the George Floyd protests around the country? How many people are showing up? What are the demographics? How many cops are there? Which community organizations are involved? Are local elected officials helping or hurting? Who really broke that window or set that fire? What about these reports of incitement by white supremacists?

SHARE        Thursday, May 28, 2020
What is a "Native" Plant in a Changing World? Whether a given plant is considered "native" where it is found growing is dependent on the interpretation of the interrelation of three factors: time, place and human involvement.

SHARE        Sunday, April 19, 2020
Eight Reasons Trump Doesn't Need to "Cancel the Election" Voter suppression is the elephant in the room in 2020. It was in 2016, too, and I find it amazing that the trauma of Trump's victory didn't lead to first exposing and then rooting out the widespread fraud. But then, as you'll recall, Clinton's loss was blamed on "RUSSIA!" for two and a half years, to the exclusion of every other issue or element.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, December 17, 2019
O Christmas Tree, Toxic Christmas Tree! I first became aware of the toxic nature of Christmas tree farming in 2011 when I was farming in Polk County with my friend Clarabelle, in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, December 14, 2019
Blaming Nader in 2000 Paved the Way for Neo-Fascism There is no longer any rationale for considering the Democrats to be a peace or antiwar party in any meaningful sense, even relative to the Republicans.

(5 comments) SHARE        Sunday, December 8, 2019
Do Bernie's Supporters Know What "Not Me, Us" Means? Does Bernie? I've gotta give it to Bernie and/or his strategy folks. "Not me, us" is the best political slogan I've heard in long time.

SHARE        Wednesday, November 27, 2019
The Seattle WTO Uprising & the Indymedia Movement, Twenty Years Later This week marks the 20th anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle. The event was a spark set to dry kindling, and the flames that raced across the nation afterwards danced for a few years before they were smothered.

(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, November 16, 2019
Coups-for-Green-Energy added to Wars-For-Oil I abhor the fascists that ran Morales out of office, especially the ones in the US. We have no business messing with anyone's right to self-determination. I hope that Morales is able to return to power, as he has pledged to do.

(6 comments) SHARE        Friday, November 1, 2019
The Chilling Arrest of Max Blumenthal This past weekend, with the arrest of Max Blumenthal, we were reminded again that leftist activism and independent media in the United States are increasingly under siege.

SHARE        Monday, October 21, 2019
Rare Wildflower vs. Green Energy & Human Hubris (Part 2) One possibility is to provide Tiehm's Buckwheat with a new home outside of Ioneer's project area. Seeds could be collected and sown nearby. Plants could be rescued from the path of the bulldozer and transplanted.

SHARE        Sunday, October 20, 2019
Rare Wildflower vs. Mining Company (Part 1) If the plant were to be listed by the Feds or by Nevada, then the CBD (or other parties) could seek to curtail Ioneer's activities, in part or in whole. Donnelly believes they have a better chance of success with the state, which he described as "more nimble" than the Feds.

(5 comments) SHARE        Friday, September 27, 2019
The Teachable Moment of the Greta Thunberg Phenomena Like many people, I have been inspired by Greta Thunberg's words and spirit, and the challenge she seems to present to the status quo. As I have learned more about her,

(21 comments) SHARE        Saturday, September 7, 2019
Democrats: To Beat Trump, You Need to Buck Your Leadership The DNC can't be counted on to fight. Y'all have to do that yourselves.

(2 comments) SHARE        Thursday, August 29, 2019
Unplowed Tallgrass Prairie: Rarer Than Old-Growth Forest The following is an excerpt from my new book, "Roadtripping at the End of the World."

(7 comments) SHARE        Friday, August 16, 2019
The Case Against Voting for President As individuals, our choices make very little difference to the state of the world, often virtually none. Nonetheless, those same choices can have significant effects on ourselves, sometimes profoundly.

(6 comments) SHARE        Sunday, August 11, 2019
We Should Stop Insulting Animals and Own Our Own Humanity While we keep talking this way saying that people are sheep, cops are pigs, and generals are hawks that's not going to happen. People, cops and generals are all Homo sapiens. We can't be anything else. We must acknowledge that reality, with humility and respect, and get to the work of cleaning up our mess.

(4 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Our Veggie Gardens Won't Feed us in a Real Crisis Massive flooding and heavier than normal precipitation across the US Midwest this year delayed or entirely prevented the planting of many crops. The situation was sufficiently widespread that it was visible from space.

(4 comments) SHARE        Sunday, July 14, 2019
We Need to Stop Believing in "Belief" "I don't believe in belief. I think belief is a tremendously stultifying force. What I'm interested in is freedom, and I noticed very early that a belief absolutely precludes the possibility of holding to its opposite, and therefore if you believe something you have" limited yourself."

(9 comments) SHARE        Sunday, July 7, 2019
Do we need a dictatorship to respond to Climate Change? Personally, I believe it's possible for an individual's outlook to change radically, sometimes within a short time frame even instantly due to extreme circumstances.

(5 comments) SHARE        Thursday, June 27, 2019
How We Are All Climate Change Deniers Recent polls have shown that the number of US citizens who believe in climate change is rising

(15 comments) SHARE        Thursday, June 20, 2019
Climate Change: Why is it so often "sooner than predicted"? A June 15th headline elicited feelings in me of both shock and de'jà vu: "Climate change: Arctic permafrost now melting at levels not expected until 2090"

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, June 15, 2019
Reflections on Technology & Culture at my Half-Century Mark I have remained intrigued about age as it relates to history. So, I value the experiences of people ten to twenty years older than me who have clear memories of the Sixties and early Seventies, and I am interested in the views of those twenty to thirty years younger who never knew the world without the internet.

SHARE        Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Forgiving Debt to Invest in Environmental Healing "I want you to act as if the house is on fire. Because it is." Greta Thunberg

(13 comments) SHARE        Monday, May 27, 2019
Assange Indictments are not about Assange: Democrats Need to Drop their Hate and Support him We are at a pivotal moment in history. With the Assange espionage indictments, we are within spitting distance of naked fascism. How will we choose to act?