Posted Thu, Mar 18, 10:51 a.m.

Krivor's statement about "this back-to-the-land thing" illuminates an ongoing problem. It assumes an uninvestigated and insupportable idea that there is some other kind of "thing". We live on the earth, all of us. Those of us who eat are fed by the land, every one. There is no other "thing" ...

Posted Thu, Dec 3, 9:29 a.m.

I LOVE this! Like Gotham city powering up the batman spotlight! Keepers, we need you! I can see the movie scene... a 30-ish-year-old accountant working late in the office notices the beacon of light shining upwards from the Space Needle, removes his spectacles. We go to a close-up on his ...

Posted Tue, Nov 3, 12:46 p.m.

@Wells - wellsaid @pepper - I would argue Jesus' behavior in the temple was explosive, but not violent the way I understand the word. "Violent" simply means "violating". I think the story makes clear that the moneychangers and salesmen were violating God's house. Jesus was not violating anyone, and in ...

Posted Mon, Oct 19, 4:35 p.m.

Alack, I fear that the population of this city is half composed of tech-junkies who just have to read everything on an i-Berry and half of people who truly mourn the loss of print environments in their city but who for whatever reason can't keep up a sustained effort to ...