Life in our Schools 1948—2008
Life in our Schools, 1948—2008
Or
What is Happening to Us?
I. Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in rack.
1948 Vice Principal comes… more
Barack Obama: “Lay Off My Wife”
Barack Obama, “Lay off My Wife!”
Barack Obama delivered these words to the Tennessee Republican Party a few days ago.
I loved it! At last, I exulted, here is a person with spine who will not… more
Ecovillage updates
From: Liz Walker
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007
Subject: EcoVillage at Ithaca in Time Magazine!
Hi everyone,
It is pretty amazing to have a two-and-a-half-page spread about EVI in the latest Time… more
Woodstock Generation
[The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held 38 years ago this month in Bethel, NY. The movie came out the following year.]
1970. It was before home videos and many of us went to the theater to… more
Respite from the Leviathan - Daoist Parables
There is a small country. People do not travel far. They have boats and carriages but little use for them. They have armor and weapons but do not display them. Their food is plain, but good. Their clothes are simple,… more
Pelosi: How Predictable! A Green Response
Nancy Pelosi and other leading Democrats in the House and Senate don’t want to be or seem soft on defense. So they fail to be forthright about what’s needed.
On the one hand they say “no” to Bush’s… more
Where I Stand and What I Stand For - By Elizabeth May
[Note by the author: I write this having been Leader of the Green Party of Canada for less than a week. I welcome the opportunity to work with U.S. Greens to advance a Green agenda across borders. This is less… more
The true purpose of science
From page 111 in Satprem, My Burning Heart (New York: Institute for Evolutionary Research, 1989)
I think all [our] electronic and mechanical powers are being given extraordinary proofs of their powerlessness. We need only to remember American struggling… more
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