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SOUNDS OF SONNENSCHEIN
I went to the Sonnenschein Festival in Hohenwald, Tennessee, over the weekend, a curious little hybrid critter enjoying its third year down in the hill country of south-central Tennessee. Hohenwald is...
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CITY ON THE EDGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Here’s the full text of a memo that peak oil activist Albert Bates recently discussed with Nashville’s mayor Karl Dean, his aide, Jim Hester, and Jenna Smith, the city’s Environmental Sustainability...
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FIELD GUIDES TO THE APOCALYPSE
Over the past several months, I have read three books on the same subject–what to do when the trucks stop running and the big box stores close down. I guess you could call this reading diet “cramming...
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PLEASANTLY SURPRISED
I was an early booster of CBCX, the tenth Continental Bioregional Congress, which took place about a month ago down on the Farm in Summertown, Tennessee, but when my health fell apart, I dropped out...
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FIRST, A COUPLE OF QUICKIES….
First, I am pleased to report to you that North America has elected its first Green Party candidate to national office. Elizabeth May, head of the Green Party of Canada, won election to a...
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THE MYTH–AND THE REALITY–OF “RECOVERY”
Our government continues to cheerlead for “recovery.” No, not twelve-step recovery, which would be wonderful, but the kind of recovery an alcoholic has when he is over his last binge and is cruising...
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U.S. GOVERNMENT DROWNED IN BATHTUB!
Nashville’s municipal elections are over, and to nobody’s surprise, there were few surprises. All incumbents save one were handily re-elected,including Jason Holleman, and the measure to obstruct...
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OBAMONSANTO AND OTHER INCONVENIENT TRUTHS
A few months back, President Obama announced a three billion dollar U.S. initiative “to help Africa feed itself, “which is a noble goal, but the devil was all over his details. The first detail to...
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MEDDLING IN THE AFFAIRS OF DRAGONS
People are starting to notice that the weather is getting weird. It’s drier than it’s ever been, it’s wetter than it’s ever been, it’s hotter than it’s ever been, and here and there it’s still getting...
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“REALISM” AND JILL STEIN
Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala are running the strongest Green Presidential campaign the party has yet seen. While Ralph Nader, it’s true, had greater name recognition, Ralph’s personal style is not...
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EDWARD SNOWDEN AND THE FARM
I recently read one of Glenn Greenwald’s articles on Edward Snowden’s leaks. The story was called “How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations.” When I...
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PAINTING OURSELVES INTO A CORNER
American democracy has been functionally describable as “a two-party system” for most of our country’s history. There have been “third parties,” but they have rarely been successful at breaking into...
View ArticleTHE CHINESE PUZZLE
China is currently in the process of overtaking the US as the world’s economic superpower. The US is responding to this mostly with military threats, bluster, and well-spun gestures that are doomed to...
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