Clik here to view.
Dear Politicians and Zealots: I am not a Conservative. Or a Liberal. Or a...
Most of us don’t fit into your convenient categories. I am, however, conservative, and liberal, and libertarian, and communitarian, and a social democrat. Everybody is right…partly. Nobody has the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lessons from The Shootist: They Knew How to Build Quality
The Shootist was John Wayne’s last movie – with Ron Howard as a badly behaved teenager, no less! – but this post is neither a movie review nor a reminiscence of John Wayne. The film was made in 1976,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Mobilisation Plan to get out of the peak oil mess (and stop climate change...
A word of warning: To many, the Mobilisation Plan given here will seem extreme, even ridiculous. It calls for a radical restructuring of our economy, how we use energy and where we get it, how we...
View ArticleWhy did God Wipe the Dinosaurs Off the Earth and Replace Them With Us?
I’m sure s/he must be asking itself the same question at this point, given what we’ve done to the planet. I suspect it was boredom. After 65 million years of the dinos, God had had enough. S/he needed...
View ArticleGo Green or Die —> The Way Home
The purpose of this site is to find a ‘green’ lever big enough to move the world to sustainability. I titled it Go Green or Die because, well, that is true, we must, and becauseI thought it rather...
View ArticleThink Globally, Act Locally is More Important Now
Those of you who follow me know that I have recently ceased making posts urging large-scale reform. The reasons for that are fairly simple, but they involve a psychological hurdle to get over. I have...
View ArticleAn Apology to My MLA, Lana Popham
Well. Time to eat some crow. A couple of weeks ago I slagged Lana (and fellow NDP MLA John Horgan) for standing in the way of what we really need, which is rapid and decisive action on climate change...
View ArticleWe are Witness to History – What Wikileaks Means
As someone on Reddit said today, he just realized we are witnessing history in the making. Wilileaks has exposed our governments, and they don’t like it. But the true historic event that may come of...
View ArticleHey Reddit – Let’s do something concrete to support WikiLeaks and Freedom
Freedom with a capital damn ‘F.’ You may not agree with everything WikiLeaks is doing, but you must admit that it is necessary. Our governments, in particular the U.S. government, have gone too far....
View ArticleTake Initiative: Transition Off Oil
The world oil supply is running down and we have no ready substitutes. Climate change is happening now – stronger storms, more devastating wildfires, rising sea levels, diseases spreading – the list...
View Article
