Although I believe that this presidential election is largely a sham, just for shits and giggles, let’s look at the candidates we have to deal with as we decode which lesser of two evils gets our support. First, let’s look at the one that has by and large gotten the …
Unfortunately, one of the bad seeds we planted upon laying the groundwork for this country of ours was the two party system, a limitation which is more prevalent in this election than any other in American history. Although George Washington and a number of other our more admirable forefathers spoke …
I don’t understand how Donald Trump is so popular with so many Christians. Considering that Jesus said it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for rich men like him to see the Kingdom of Heaven, it doesn’t seem as if they’ll …
Natural Capitalism, as Hunter Lovins describes it, is a way of realizing greater value in people and nature than in financial profit, as is currently in play in what she calls “cheater capitalism.” She says that continuing on the course of the mainstream financial system and the degenerative process of …
For three quarters of a century, we have suffered through this fear-based prohibition. Over half of the states in the union have already come to the staggering reality that nature has benefits, and that education, research, healing, and compassion are better than fear-mongering, ignorance, disease management, and greed. It is …
As I start promoting my new show The Cowboy Cabaret, I should point out that while I don’t quite sound like the whiny old yodelers of yesteryear, there is still an adequate amount of country to the show. This isn’t too deter those who aren’t fans of country music from …
According to The Guardian, law enforcement officers in the United States had killed 566 people in 2016 by July , and killed 1146 in 2015 (KilledByPolice.net counted 604 killings this year and 1208 in 2015). California leads with 74 deaths by police, Texas has had 50, Florida 39, Arizona 22 and …
It is normal, unfortunately, to see men and women sleeping on sidewalks in Sarasota. We have fallen prey to the same symptoms of civilization that have plagued our species for the last ten thousand years. In a pathology consumed with delusions of imaginary lines which form the disembodied entities of …
When I was a kid, my favorite moments We’re watching cartoons and reading comic books And of all of the heroes that I saw on the screen With their bulging pectorals and spandex everything There was one of those guys I could really connect with He was kind of a …
Over the last few years, as I’ve discussed possible solutions to our homeless epidemic with people around town, there have been a myriad of ideas that have been floating around, all waiting for the government to pull the trigger and make them happen. While there have been some beautiful visions …
