Plans for 2010
I guess I will make a note to myself about my plans. I think I would be wise to focus on three main projects: (I) […]
Should I focus my reporting on 'food issues' ?
An idea I have is that there would be many benefits of focusing mywriting and reporting on one issue. That issue may be food. Thefollowing […]
Amidst anti war protests, a call for socialist revolution ?
This is not your parents’ anti-war movement ( I can say that if I havesolid evidence that 1960’s anti- Vietnam War activists focused more onKing’s […]
Combining intellectual and social rigor
I am using the words ‘me’ and ‘I’ so as to not point the finger at anyone. Instead I intend to apply this idea to […]
Deep ecology as spirituality
Refer to Arne Naess and George Sessions ” Deep Ecology Platform”Arne Naess “The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement. A Summary.”John Clark “Social Ecology”Tim […]
cycling in the rain
If it’s raining hard enough for visibility to be an issue–it terms of motorists being able to see me—riding or walking my bike on a […]
One, though not the only type of reporting I intend to do is focus onwhat ordinary people think about public issues. This approach differsfrom one […]
Discovering a new type of greatness for America?
Imagine Obama and other leaders stirring our national pride with displays of and benevolent applications of our nation’s technological prowess. As I think about managing […]
The United States is not uniquely bad or uniquely good
“I’d also say that depersonalizing the enemy is a requirement of successfully engaging a war. I also don’t think its unique to the US or […]
Notes on food-related activism
In much of the local food writing I’ve read, people emphasize the pleasures of eating while shying away from talking about the suffering of food […]