How the US fights itself in the mirror in the name of protection. — America has already had the war on poverty and the war on drugs; isn’t it about time to have the war on prejudice? In this light, what can we make of our military surrounding of Taiwan to protect it from China? The military operation to arm Taiwan and make it…

Clearcuts Breed Wildfires, this is how: Baby trees rob the soil of water resulting from uniform plantings. Those even-aged plantations that follow clearcuts become ignition platforms for the new breed of raging wildfires.

Let us imagine we could feel the hot breath of threat, with the same vividness that the greatest generation felt with the threat of WWII. Could we rise to the occasion? How might that show up in our interactions and behavior? …

We can observe the stupefying effect of money by simply watching the absurdity of billionaire behavior. They want to race each other to take tourists to the moon, while their countrymen and women are sleeping on the streets. Begging the question: Why does money make one stupid? Hint: because money…

I was a student of Gregory Bateson and appreciate contextual learning. I was also in on the beginning of data processing / I mean computer science and programmed in machine language back when "computer science" as taught was half analogue and half digital in the early days of Fortran IV. …

Here in Oregon overlooking the Left Coast We love these wilds, the rugged beaches, and the fogs We celebrate our mountains, huge trees, our rivers full of fish We love our country, our homes, our people and dogs and We are happy this year with no rockets red glare With no bomb bursting Independence Day…

This world is not a football game, Joe — Dear President Joe Biden: If the world were a game, which it is not, today it would be basketball, not football. In the time of climate heating it is foolishness to play for territory with war toys as football represents, shouldering people out of the way to gain turf. Better to play against the…

Clearcuts Breed Wildfires, this is how. Baby trees rob the soil of water as uniform plantations follow clearcuts into being ignition stages for raging wildfires. Is this a Forest… or a Matchbox? Photo by Sean Musil on Unsplash As we observe the alternations of drought, fires and flood in this climate chaos now being experienced, we…

A poetic guide for guys, how to keep love toasty for a quarter century It took a relationship or three for me to discover the nuance of female repartee I am an adventurous man of skill in mind and hand and have lived close enough with danger to say it straight “Block falling, get out of the way.” …