The Kingdom of North Sudan – In Theaters Next Year
Ok, so maybe people have begun to hear more about this latest absurd piece of news involving a father from Virginia who unilaterally declared an 800 square mile area of disputed land between...
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Thinking About Climate Politics with Thomas Berry
Thomas Berry wrote the following passage concerning universities and the problem of our modern industrialist worldview. “I mention economics, jurisprudence, and religion because these are among the subjects that are taught in our...
The Lost World of Fish
So I stumbled upon this really fascinating set of articles about fish recently, from very different angles. One is from an abandoned shopping mall in Bangkok (pictured here), which has turned effectively into...
Making Monsters – A Genealogy of Elliot Rodger and His Twisted World
(Trigger Warning!!! more| Updated) Before I begin, let me frame this piece briefly. I wrote this after spending the Memorial Day weekend trying to unravel the story of Elliot Rodger–his past, his actions,...
The Roots of Our Food
So this post began as a dinner experiment. Looking through my refrigerator, I decided I wanted to make a meal centered around root vegetables, since I had a variety sitting around–Idaho and Asian...
Dirty Secrets and Wicked Problems
My latest column in the New School Free Press came out this week. You can read the whole piece right here. I’m posting a teaser below as an update. It’s generally considered taboo...
