Pandemic Pedagogies – Learning from the Black Death and 1918 Influenza Pandemics
By a chance of fate, I found myself teaching a Religious Studies course on the End of the World this spring at CSU Chico, just in time to watch the world slide...
Thoughts #43
Another year has come and gone, and I find myself reflecting on how the next chapter of my story will unfold? It seems like just yesterday I was still so young. When I look in the mirror now what I see are weary eyes and long shimmering greyish hair stares back at me. That youthful gaze has gone the way of the last golden rays of sunlight, sinking far into the horizon.
Northern Snows, Southern Fires
Here in northern Ohio we had the first short snowfall recently, leaving a thin blanket of snow on the ground and between the tree branches. I associate a certain sense of calm with...
Reflections on The New School – Histories of the New School Podcast
Earlier this year I had the wonderful opportunity to talk with two New School faculty, Julia Foulkes and Mark Larrimore, about the history of The New School and my own role in trying...
Death by Omission: Power and Politics in the Amazon
I’m a bit delayed in posting this, but my latest piece on environmental politics in the Amazon was recently published by Public Seminar. Here’s the opening part of the story. My stomach churned...
Word on the Street
While sitting out on the front porch of my parent’s home a small bird with goldern/tan feathers and a yellowish brest landed in the yard. It had a slight fan at the end...
