civilization / economics / environmental politics / news / political analysis / political ecology
by chriscrews · Published 07/20/2012
It’s not often that I find myself making such a suggestion, but the would would be a better place if Australian real estate developer and moral disease David Nilsson suddenly “disappeared” while...
economics / environmental politics / news / political analysis / political ecology / science
by chriscrews · Published 07/20/2012
This post is a little dated now, but still worth highlighting in my opinion. In a surprising turn of recent events, the North Carolina legislature voted July 3rd that history is not really...
While I’ve written about US-Mexican border politics before, I even did a Masters thesis on border politics, the state of affairs today in Northern Mexico is rapidly spiraling out of control. As...
economics / political analysis / prison-industrial complex / science / teaching / technology
by chriscrews · Published 04/27/2012
A Brave New World doesn’t really even begin to capture it all… There has been a slow but stead growth in the logistics of surveillance, whether that be of people or of objects....
Anthropocene / civilization / economics / environmental politics / political analysis / political ecology / science / technology
by chriscrews · Published 04/14/2012 · Last modified 10/08/2012
As I’ve discussed in an earlier post, the Anthropocene is a concept coined a little over a decade ago by scientists to describe the massive scale of changes happening to the Earth’s biosphere...
Anthropocene / civilization / economics / news / political analysis / political ecology / science / technology
by chriscrews · Published 04/11/2012 · Last modified 10/08/2012
“I do not believe that this legislation changes the scientific standards that are taught in our schools or the curriculum that is used by our teachers.” –TN Governor Bill Haslam on the...
The Adventures of Mr. Chris is a collection of personal reflections, scholarly ruminations, travel adventures, and cultural analysis.
