What's required
The reason this moment is so painful is because of what's required. Our development thus far has been exploitative - with impacts that are typically both beneficial and destructive. We exploit market...
View ArticleComparing Eric Garner to Cliven Bundy
So the offense is avoidance of government revenues?Comparing Eric Garner's case to Cliven Bundy illustrates the stark difference in how police treat black and white men for similar crimes (avoiding...
View ArticleAbandoning the Tolerance Paradox
Paradox: to what extent should a tolerant person tolerate intolerance?This question is raised when liberals confront religiously-motivated oppression, such as Islam's oppression of women and...
View Article"Exempt"? Then you can be Exploited by your Employer too
The broadcast cause of labor right now is Minimum Wage, and for good reason: workers need sustenance, and the burden of the discrepancy between sustenance and compensation is displaced onto society -...
View ArticleGlobal warming masks a bigger problem: Mass Extinction
Most conservatives actually acknowledge global warming. The reasonable ones even use it to establish their credibility: "I'm not a denialist." That talk comes from wonks and private citizens though....
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So what do I do about Russell?
I just finished his new book, Revolution. The Trews is good too, have you seen that yet? If you've missed either of those, it's still highly likely that you've seen Russell Brand's public activism,...
View ArticleThe Solution to Perpetual Growth: Steady State Economics
Solutions are dictated by problems.With a rat's nest of problems like a massive government debt, inequality, climate change, and mass extinction (to name a few), it seems unlikely that tinkering around...
View ArticleConservative Hypocrisy, Liberal Pragmatism, and Movements for a...
The political right makes claim on the Constitution. "After all," they argue, "those powers not expressly granted to the Federal government are reserved for the States." I'll acknowledge that the...
View ArticleThis is what will motivate a significant response to Climate Change
Too little, too late: that's our current trajectory.American CO2 emissions may have peaked in 2007, but we're still creating 17.5% of the world's total. Meanwhile, China's and India's emissions are...
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