Altamont, the name brings shudders to the powers that be on both sides. I've seen it trashed by people who should know better and ones who don't want to know better. How do you handle…
Posts published in October 2000
Response to a letter encouraging me to read a study on marijuana: It seems like you're trying to give me a sales job on marijuana — which I find odd, because you may recall that…
Westport & Albion, CA. Oct. 18, 2000. While Rush Limbaugh denounces her on his nationally syndicated show, bare-breasted poet/activist “La Tigresa” continues her “art attack” in defense of Northern California's remaining redwood rainforests. On Tuesday,…
“Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.” — G. K. Chesterton I don’t own a microscope; if I did, I’m sure I wouldn’t know what to do…
Take this as a national parable. Once upon a time–in the early eighties, actually–there was a progressive coalition in Vermont designed to become a third force in politics. One of its prime spokesmen was Bernie…
Seventeen years ago I swore on my wife’s grave that I would keep our family together and watch our two baby boys graduate high school as good men. It sure hasn't been a walk in…
One of the saddest aspects of pesticide research is reading literature about the experiments performed on lab animals. Millions of animals are slaughtered every month so the toxicity of chemical compounds can be tested; and…