Things a sane society could do if it wanted to survive. “Hope is like a road in the country. There never was a road, but when many people walk that way, the road comes into existence.” Lin Yu-Tang Suppose your new party won a big election on a platform of…

Stop the chemical war on Nature. Feeling sad this morning. Reading the World Wildlife Fund report on the global crash in wildlife populations. Our world now has about 70% less non-human life than 50 years ago, and some areas have lost as much as 94%. I mourn the thousands of…

Faith in the source of life will sustain us. — After Sept 11, 2001, I listened to some Muslim students from Indonesia talking about why Islam would beat the American-led Empire. “They don’t believe in anything,” one said. “They just want more for themselves; they don’t answer to any higher power. We follow Allah. …

Can we improve people’s lives without killing Nature? An allegory told by a rat, as related by Robert C. O’Brien in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH:: “A woman in a small town bought a vacuum cleaner. Her name was Mrs. Jones, and up until then, she, like all…

Strong communities protect us better than outside militias. Just three months after San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was recalled for being “soft on crime,” local media and police advocates are screaming louder than ever about crime in the city. News stories about crime run every day. …

Are way deeper than fossil fuels. People who fear climate change (AKA global warming), usually blame rising temperatures, droughts and floods on people burning too much oil, coal, and gas. These “fossil fuels” warm the globe by putting a heat-trapping blanket of carbon dioxide (CO2) over Earth. …

No matter who wins elections, the rich still rule Media, especially liberal media, keep telling us “our democracy is in danger” from Donald Trump, or from ‘foreign interference’ in elections. In reality, democracy in the USA died long ago. Capitalism killed it; politics has become a reality TV show that…

Creating community is not easy, but worth it Last year, a neighbor friend, my partner Aisha and I decided to try and make our 12-story building more of a community. …

An ancient prophecy of salvation for here and now What would it take to reverse humanity’s current catastrophic course? Must we keep growing faster, consuming more, fighting each other for power, and destroying the Earth which is our home and source of life? Indigenous people have pondered these questions for…