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 …
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 …
First, contrary to what the philosophy behind the market economy may have led you to believe, money is not vital to life. Most pretty much know that from the get go, but for those of you who are addicted to the construct of a debt-based currency, it bears repeating. If …
In our crazy little world we’ve created, we’ve come to really embrace the idea of war. Even when there’s nobody who wants to fight with us, we have this idea that life is a battlefield, every day a struggle… with our greatest foe being the people we were yesterday. To …
If you’re up for a good reality check, The Crisis of Civilization is a good place to start. Visually stimulating through the hodgepodge of animation, news reels, and stock footage, the film starts with the question of human violence, moving quickly into the realization that our industrialized system is not …
