Found this on the WSJ.com website today (cut and pasted b/c non-subscribers may not be able to view) — even if it is true that there may be some silver lining in the demise of thousands of species around the planet because of human activity, I really really despise the word ‘upside’ (used by the [...]
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There Is No “Upside” to Drowned Polar Bears
Posted in America, civilization, commentary, ideology, nature writing, philosophy, politics, power, progress on June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Freegan to Be, You and Me
Posted in America, civilization, economics, industrial agriculture on June 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Heard of Freegans? Today’s article in the NYT is actually a fairly nuanced look at the ‘movement’, if one can call it that. I applaud the freegans’ atttempts to reduce their impact on the natural world, save the trees and animals, etc. But I wonder if their energies might be better directed — or directed [...]
Chicken Choke-an
Posted in economics, food, industrial agriculture on June 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Number of broiler chickens produced in this country in 1955: 1.1 billion
Number of broiler chickens produced in this country in 2005: 9 billion
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Dealing with Stolen Artifacts
Posted in America, civilization, commentary, current events, history, ideology on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The tagline of this NYT article says it all:
Should Yale University return its relics of Machu Picchu? And who in Peru would actually benefit if it does?
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