In many ways, I see partisan politics as a ploy to create the illusion of choice and, in the words of Noam Chomsky, to "manufacture consent". Polarizing the electorate has always ensured a 50/50 chance of victory. Limiting our choices on election day is one of the most conscious [...]

This past Saturday we had our first real taste of heavy frost. In anticipation, on Friday I brought in a couple of tomatoes that had germinated in the compost, harvested and dried all of my basil [...]

As we have seen, technocracy meant the concentration of capital and its associated productive capacity in the hands of the "literate". The consequences of this historical process were negative for democracy and community autonomy. Now, because globalization is connecting the world's communities to a number of inherently unstable lifeline [...]

It was Descartes who was accused of splitting the world in two, between the material and the spiritual. In accord with a trend that began in the Renaissance, Descartes had inadvertently and finally delegated the indigenous knowledge of the artisan to the wood shops of history. [...]

For the past couple of years I've been following closely the words and ideas of Peak Oil guru Matthew Simmons. Simmons is a conservative energy analyst who, after taking a close look at the available data, has concluded that Peak Oil is upon us. Simmons is so convinced by his own [...]