INTEGRITY OF LIFE

Many Americans take for granted, even idealize, the ideal of personal autonomy: they call it independence, self-sufficiency,...

A report on The Front Porch Republic's 2019 conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

If you’re gone and your house catches fire, it’s your obnoxious neighbor who calls the fire department, not your online soul mate.

Weigh in, define, argue, narrate, opine, and analyze.

Concerning contact with nature and the development of human intelligence.

When a whole society refuses to recognize an obvious threat because they want to hold on to their stuff – that's when things get crazy.

It’s essential for sane living that we recognize the limits imposed on us by the universe.

This is what memorization means now – the ability to find something on Google. We have outsourced our memories.

Weigh in on the present and future of technology.

If the subjects I cover here are interesting to you, and if you too are concerned about sustainable living and a sane response to the...

What really motivates modern farmers to control their land as they do?

I have an article called "The Neurosis of the Lone Revolutionary" on Resilience.org. If you're not familiar with the site, check it out....

Nature itself, in every time and place, ultimately dictates what farming methods will work over the long term.

Large-scale agriculture or alternative farming -- how can we feed the world?

Post comments on your thoughts, opinions, experience, and research on modern farming, pros and cons.

Shortly before Halloween, the administrative assistant for the faculty at my campus put out a bowl of candy. I groaned and complained...

I expect that there are changes coming to our world and society, some of them difficult ones – not just those we will make deliberately,...

[This and the next two posts attempt to address the sense many people have that this life of plenty we lead, the richest and most...