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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.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'leadership'

• Al Gore’s New Presentation

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

  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...

• Olympics as Political Statement

  Posted on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 at 09:21 in activism, awareness, civil rights, ethics, human rights, leadership, protest, Tibet

  [singlepic=169,220,200,,right]I've been following the Tibet protests with interest and especially now that they're following the Olympic torch. One thing that I've noticed that China and it's supporte...

• Peak Everything

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

  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...

• Screwing us over on day 1

  Posted on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 at 21:54 in accountability, awareness, corruption, crime, ethics, greed, leadership

  Now I'm sure Obama has some skeletons in the closet, but Hillary has a cemetery. Continue reading this post to watch Part 2....

• Humble Dreams of a Meaningful Life

  Posted on Saturday February 2nd, 2008 at 20:50 in agriculture, dreams, elections, extinction, leadership

  I haven’t written much in the last few weeks. I’ve been waiting to write something worthwhile. There is so much happening in politics, but I’m so tired of the litany of talking hea...

• Panties for Peace in Burma

  Posted on Thursday November 8th, 2007 at 09:51 in burma, civil rights, ethics, leadership, myanmar, panties, peace, protest

  I wonder how they feel about dirty boxer-briefs. ...

• Free Burma Rally in Washington, D.C.

  Posted on Sunday October 14th, 2007 at 09:48 in aung san suu kyi, awareness, burma, democracy, demonstration, demonstrators, election, elections, embassy, ethics, freedom, leadership

  [singlepic=153,300,170,,right]After writing my previous post about Burma I decided I really wanted to do something. The next day while I was cutting my hair(yes, I cut my own hair), I was looking at m...

• Burma and the Failure of Global Leadership

  Posted on Friday September 28th, 2007 at 20:55 in 1984, 1988 uprising, 1990 elections, accountability, apathy, aung san, aung san suu kyi, awareness, Buddhism, burma, crime, democracy

  [singlepic=143,160,160,,left]As you may well be aware, the military regime of Burma(officially called "Union of Myanmar") is in the process of crushing a popular democratic uprising led by the country...