Not really: Ted Rall is making a point. And a pretty sharp one… Is it just me, or is there something perversely satisfying about seeing wolves shoot humans?
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Conventional vs. Unconvential Thinking on Food
Mort Kondracke is at the heart of what we know of as "Washington." He's a Fox commentator and a former cheerleader for the invasion of Iraq, who admired Bush's "anti-terrorism" policy. Inside the Beltway thinking at its dullest and most conventional, in other words. But on the subject of health care this week, Kondracke writes:Continue reading “Conventional vs. Unconvential Thinking on Food”
How to Kill the Climate Bill
In the aftermath of the "debate" over health care reform, Toles' mordant speculation looks all too plausible…
The Call You Don’t Want to Get
Remember my article on STD's? This is what it sounds like in real life, from Overheard in New York. The caller is described as a "guy on cell, leaning casually against a fire hydrant": Hey, so, I just got my test results back, and… uh… so I got herpes. So… maybe you should get yourselfContinue reading “The Call You Don’t Want to Get”
An Idyll in the Southern Sierra to a SoCal Hell
We're only talking about 100 miles and 10,000 feet, but my God, the shock I had, going from serenity at Muir Lake to the hell that is Lancaster/Paledale under the plume of the burning of thousands of acres of chaparral. Here's what I'm calling Muir Beach at the spectacular (and empty) Muir Lake: And here'sContinue reading “An Idyll in the Southern Sierra to a SoCal Hell”
As If Rejoicing in Strength
I'm headed back to the mountains (this time to the Southern Sierra). Feels appropriate to post some pics from our last trip, this one (courtesy of my friend Cary Odes) from atop Cloud's Rest in Yosemite National Park, looking southeast towards Mt. Clark and the Triple Peak fork. We had company… In the wordsContinue reading “As If Rejoicing in Strength”
The Pathos of Global Warming
So many artists have taken on the issue of global warming, and so few have surpassed the real images we all know (calving ice banks, storm surges, and so on). Perhaps that's the way it should be, or perhaps it represents a failure of our species' imagination. But Bioephemeraa found a young Japanese artist, KawanoContinue reading “The Pathos of Global Warming”
El Nino or El No-Show?
In the discussion of this results from April according to a climate society, it is said that the two are in general agreement….yet to an outside observer, it seems to me that the dynamical models lean much more towards El Nino than the statisical. Am I wrong?
Larry King Turns Out to be a Very Likable Guy
Had a chance to interview Larry King last week. He's doing a book tour, and so took questions for fifteen minutes from me at CNN, followed no doubt by fifteen minutes with another reporter from some other part of the country, and so on. Still, I found myself liking the guy, despite his hunger forContinue reading “Larry King Turns Out to be a Very Likable Guy”
The Sexiness of Henry David Thoreau (ca. 2009)
Who would've thunk it? From a clever Los Angeles Times food piece, with a great pic and quote: First the quote, from raw food advocate/punk rocker Amanda Brown: People don't realize that just as there are all these professional people going to train at Le Cordon Bleu, there is a whole generation of chefs whoContinue reading “The Sexiness of Henry David Thoreau (ca. 2009)”
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