Many thanks to Brandon Haleamau, Steven Hohensee, and Paul Buhle for their financial contributions. Year to date: $850.54.
The New York Times recently reported that at the world's largest tropical ice sheet, the Peruvian Andes' Quelccaya ice cap, 1,600 years' worth of ice accumulation melted over just 25 years, exposing plants that were dated at about 6,000 years old. Though the government continues to give lip service to climate change, worrying instead about preservation of the elite, that same research indicates that weather anomalies likely led to the food shortages that exacerbated the upheaval that became the French Revolution. Imagine how accelerated "anomalies" -- now the norm -- will lead to accelerated upheaval. War for Water and War for Food will make War for Oil look like Bush-league play. That said, it's worth reminding ourselves that we can have an impact if we have the will -- for evidence, read Glenn Reed's first-hand observations on the return of threatened species that were provided government protection. One of the environment's biggest antagonists is the industrial meat industry, and Raju Peddada concludes his series on the flawed practice of our total domination over species and environment. And a nearly-extinct American species is the debt-free college graduate. Manuel García, Jr. offers some advice for those wishing higher education without being shackled to the ball-and-chain of compromised values and student loans.
Michael Barker concludes his series looking back on Carl Jung's selective consciousness, including an interview with philosophy professor Cynthia Eller on Jung and feminism. Paul Buhle discovers that the past lives on in Radical Yiddish culture and the essays of Joel Schechter and illustrations of Spain Rodriguez -- see his review of their Radical Yiddish: Essays and Comic Strips. Returning to meat-eating, Peter Byrne conjures up a short story about two strange lives that converge around a last meal on death row. The poetry corner serves up Jonah Raskin's hearty and heart-felt snapshots of the impact of Superstorm Sandy, as well as another portion of Guido Monte's insight into his creative, poetic ways. We close with your letters, with thoughts from France on the country's travails and the bland leader of a pessimistic populace; a correction on Hitler as a blood-thirsty vegetarian, not a blood-thirsty carnivore; and a primer on the propaganda of omega-3 and the supplement industry.
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Glenn Reed: Species Comebacks Illustrate That Mother Earth Can Recover
Comebacks by many species show Mother Earth can recover if we change our behavior. More...
Raju Peddada: Why Meat Stinks! - Part III
Part III on a review of the harmful effects of meat-eating. More...
Manuel García, Jr.: Student Debt or Freedom?
Assume debt for diplomas chasing prosperity, or maximize freedom of action by staying debt-free? More...
Michael Barker: Carl Jung's Selective Consciousness - Part II
Part II of a review of Carl Jung's occult intellectual heritage as based upon the work of Richard Noll. More...
Michael Barker: Feminism and Jung: An Interview With Cynthia Eller
Interview with the author of The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory. More...
Paul Buhle: Radical Yiddish!
The past lives on in Radical Yiddish culture and the essays of Joel Schechter and illustrations of Spain Rodriguez. More...
Peter Byrne: Ricky Reckon Dines Out
A short story about two strange lives that converge around a last meal on death row. More...
Jonah Raskin: Storm City: Ten Prayerful Poems
An epic poem written in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. More...
Guido Monte: log-book: poetic way n.2
Guido Monte continues to explain his different poetic way. More...
More from France on the country's travails and the bland leader of a pessimistic populace; a correction on Hitler as a blood-thirsty vegetarian, not a blood-thirsty carnivore; and a primer on the propaganda of omega-3 and the supplement industry. More...
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