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The World is a Silk Road
Posted on May 24, 2010 | 9 CommentsThe history of the ancient trade routes now known as “The Silk Road” is a tale of profound cross-cultural influence among peoples – Chinese, Turks, Persians, Indians, Koreans, Japanese, Europeans,... -
Bars for BP
Posted on May 4, 2010 | No CommentsAs oil continues to gush out of the wellhead more than five thousand feet below the location where the Deepwater Horizon floating drilling platform exploded April 20th, the nation is... -
Butterflies and Blue Jeans
Posted on April 28, 2010 | 3 CommentsIn 2002, I made the choice to only buy clothing that was made from sustainable, recyclable or recycled materials and to wear that clothing as long as possible. The choice... -
When Johnny Came Home
Posted on April 28, 2010 | 2 Comments(Author’s note: The president is expanding American presence in Afghanistan. The Iraq war does not appear to be ending any time soon, in spite of significant troop draw downs. I... -
Coal Mining: Revealing the Cracks in Capitalism
Posted on April 20, 2010 | 5 CommentsWith the dust settling, bodies pulled from the earth and the families of the miners killed in the Upper Big Branch Mine reeling in their loss, the questioning has started... -
Building Compost Piles: Remaking Me
Posted on April 15, 2010 | 8 CommentsMuch has been written about the benefits of compost as a soil ammendment and its ability to nurture all things green is almost unequalled. But my love affair with compost... -
A Glimpse of Hope at the End of the Naughts
Posted on January 6, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe Decade of Naughts was dominated by Bush-Cheney and the War on Terror—which seemed like a post-Cold War proxy for more quagmires like the war against Vietnam. But the decade... -
Obama, Vaclav Havel, and the Dalai Lama
Posted on December 29, 2009 | 3 CommentsFormer Czech President Vaclav Havel offered some criticism of President Obama’s snubbing of the Dalai Lama in a recent interview with Foreign Affairs magazine, and it raises important ethical and... -
We Can’t Get There Without You
Posted on December 3, 2009 | No CommentsTomorrow is a big day for The Nobelity Project, the national theatrical launch of our film One Peace at a Time at Austin’s Arbor Cinema. This isn’t the end of... -
And You Thought Wall Street Was Full of Pirates
Posted on December 2, 2009 | 2 CommentsSomalian pirates have established their own stock exchange to manage their booty, the Financial Times reports. The New York exchange is known as NYSE. Will pirate traders work at YAR?...