Cristobal SaadMy Ultra-running Summer or: How I learned to balance family, running and racingGroveling at Mercury’s feet: a dream, chaotic pre-waking thoughts. Before I wake I have that feeling of being pursued in a race: someone…Aug 11, 2019Aug 11, 2019
Cristobal SaadBook Review: Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand GiridharadasAnand Giridharadas’ Winners Take All is a very good book that serves up a lesson, one that — to me — is not manifest within the pages…May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
Cristobal SaadUnum sine altero: refugees and picking apart the ruins of the TPPThoughts kind of churning having listened to Alfred McCoy on Derrick Jensen’s show. Schizophrenic, two minds. Striving to deal with…May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
Cristobal SaadTranscendental MalevolenceThere is a very deeply embedded kind of organized malevolence in human affairs that does transcend any single group or any single…Apr 29, 2018Apr 29, 2018
Cristobal SaadEreshkigal’s demands: is civilization the same thing as life?As in other cultures, the main reasons for a haunting were improper burial of the dead or impious acts which had gone unpunished. As queen…Apr 22, 2018Apr 22, 2018
Cristobal SaadThey shall know us by the topics that concern usFor a lot of people the idea of social progress is their religious idea so that they find the meaning of their existence and possibly the…Apr 16, 2018Apr 16, 2018
Cristobal SaadForever more“These are people who have done what they’ve been told to do all their lives. And this time it hasn’t worked out.” Words from Druid…Apr 8, 2018Apr 8, 2018
Cristobal SaadWar Economy, War EpistemologyFirst, let me say that this is propaganda: I am trying to convince you of my point of view which is to say, I am trying to influence or…Apr 4, 2018Apr 4, 2018
Cristobal SaadFacebook is to the CIA as Mark Zuckerberg is to Ray McGovern: true causes of concern in a our…Ray McGovern is one of those figures that I love . . . and hate. Mostly love. The information he provides in his analysis is bare bones…Mar 26, 2018Mar 26, 2018
Cristobal SaadDarkness coming home to roost: the spiritual connection between American war overseas and school…How might one buck the trend of accepting violence in the media? Look, I have to cede that studies show no connection between media…Mar 19, 2018Mar 19, 2018