UPDATE: Parts of this post have been polished and clarified.   May Day is first and foremost a celebration of life in all the earth.  But historically it has also been a celebration of those whose work sustains the modern world.  Then as now, those whose work sustain civilization were oppressed by parasites who grew…

Video tapes Fox and others made such a big deal about concerning corruption at ACORN were edited to show the opposite of what happened.  ‘Conservatism’ today is not an honorable political force contesting with different ideas and priorities, let alone, as I believe is true for genuine conservatism, a necessary element in the political ecology…

The world is complex and our knowledge of it is small.  Each and every one of us benefits from knowledge we do not have used by people we do not know.  Virtually nothing we “know” is based on first hand experience.  In terms of our awareness of our complex environment we may be ahead of…

UPDATED MOST RECENTLY 3/29, 9 am pst. A old anti-government hypocrite living off Social Security disability payments is becoming a focal point for organized violent intimidation.  Incidents of violent intimidation have escalated since health care reform was passed.  Rachel Maddow has a wonderful broadcast of the current state of affairs.

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