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Reviews of non-fiction books on the environment, anthropology, economics, and progressive politics. I also report on political activism in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area such as protests and marches.

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• Looking for Heaven in Mt. Vernon

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 18:26 in beer, community, Culture, economics, environment, peace, religion, society

  [singlepic=176,220,200,,left]I haven't really written much about my new apartment. Essentially I live one block down from I old apartment, except now I live on the 7th floor instead of the 3rd and hav...

• Full Bodied Rockin’

  Posted on Tuesday April 15th, 2008 at 19:08 in bonnaroo, charles village, community, grateful dead, jimi hendrix, normal-039s, pictures, RECORDS, Richmond, rolling stones

  [singlepic=174,200,200,,right]This last weekend was a good one, the one before it was really good too. I better keep doing what it is I'm doing. John came up to Richmond for a conference so I drove do...

• Al Gore’s New Presentation

  Posted on Thursday April 10th, 2008 at 19:07 in activism, apathy, awareness, community, democracy, energy, environment, ethics, extinction, global warming, leadership, oil

  This is phenomenal. Put a price on carbon! Gore is passionate, convincing and inspiring. Now I understand what he's going to do with his new ad campaign. I'm going carbon neutral. I want a footp...

• Debt Free

  Posted on Tuesday March 4th, 2008 at 07:54 in accountability, community, credit cards, debt, economics, ethics, favors, greed, poverty, society

  [singlepic=164,140,240,,right]As of today I am officially in the black. I paid off the last of my school loans and have exactly $0 credit card debt. It's a nice feeling let me tell you. I imagine it w...

• Peak Everything

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 18:12 in accountability, activism, agriculture, apathy, awareness, community, democracy, dreams, economics, energy, ethics, extinction

  I believe that this guy, Richard Heinberg, is absolutely 100% right on the money. I haven't seen someone sum up everything I've read this well yet and I'm so glad I found it. This is why I'd like to...

• Ephemeral Bliss in the Land of Hungry Ghosts

  Posted on Friday November 23rd, 2007 at 10:03 in awareness, Buddhism, community, dreams, ethics, goals, greed, happines, hungry ghosts, society, truth

  [singlepic=159,200,200,,right]When I look around me I see a lot of people chasing things that will never make them happy. I imagine there are many more like me who can see that the dreams the powers t...

• Permanent Culture

  Posted on Tuesday November 13th, 2007 at 19:41 in agriculture, awareness, bill mollison, community, Evolution, permaculture, society, Spirituality, sustainability

  "The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children" - Bill Mollison. [singlepic=158,200,200,,right]I'd only had the slightest idea what permaculture w...

• Self-Defeating Democracy

  Posted on Sunday October 21st, 2007 at 19:57 in apathy, awareness, community, protest

  I've been thinking a lot about the nature of democracy ever since the Burma protests happened. It seems to me that the push from democracy only happens when a lot of people's lives are impacted negat...

• September 15th March on Washington, D.C.

  Posted on Saturday September 15th, 2007 at 20:02 in awareness, cindy sheehan, community, congress, ethics, fascists, Government, Islam, March, oil, protest, ralph nader

  [singlepic=118,180,180,,left]I arrived in downtown D.C. in front of the White House about 30 minutes late for the protest. I was a little worried that the march would have already started but the spea...