Month: March 2010

The Politics of Heartlessness

The economic collapse and ensuing high unemployment rates have reminded us that no one is immune to the vagaries of the 21st century economy.  While there has been significant disagreement about how to jumpstart the...

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Things That Don’t Surprise Me

Today’s example? The explosive increase in the rate of hate groups on the right this last year as reported in a study conducted by The Southern Poverty Law Center (via Think Progress): The radical right caught fire last...

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Casual Observation

I have never read a Mickey Kaus article. Ever. I must have started blogging too late. But I never cared about him and have never even followed a link to him. It’s been four years since I’ve even seen anyone...

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Finding `Abundance’ in What is Local

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Richard Haigh runs Enaleni Farm outside Durban, South Africa, raising endangered Zulu sheep, Nguni cattle (a breed indigenous to South Africa that is very...

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