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Posts published in “Day: January 14, 2004

Newspaper Politics in a Small Town

One thing people never seem to get tired of is wondering what evil forces are at work behind the scenes that shape the reporting of…

Rescuing Momi

A lot of goofy and bizarre New Age behavior takes place here on Maui. We have everything from fake Rastafarianism and aroma therapy to sensory-deprivation…

Haying Equipment Sought

Every winter, when the season comes to do maintenance on the tractors, it is merely my sheer laziness that causes me to meditate on the…

Franz Schulte-Bisping Interview

I was born in Germany in 1945 just at the end of the Second World War, the eldest of seven children. We grew up on…

Lion’s Tales

The fierce cougar attack last week in the afternoon on one of the two women biking together at a Southern California Wilderness Park only half…

Dangerous Books

Forever, people in power have been afraid of fiction. Wild imaginings threaten to undermine the view of the world as unchangeable, the easy idea that…

Vietnam and Iraq: Fog of War

American leaders don’t easily learn lessons from the past. Before choosing war in Iraq, the Bush leadership might profitably have consulted former Secretary of Defense…

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