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'Not-So-Crazy' Crazy Idea #1: The American Prizes

Why do we let Sweden have the preeminent global awards?

Sep 10 •

Seven Lesser-Known Things I Learned Living in California

Short reflections on subtle things I learned living in California for six years.

Jul 24 •

Pandemic Lesson #5: No One Is Stopping Us But Ourselves

The final of five lingering thoughts that I'm taking away from the pandemic: We must give happiness a meaning once more to peoples poisoned by the…

May 20 •

Kumazawa Banzan: The Samurai Ecologist

Book review of "Governing the Realm and Bringing Peace to All Below Heaven" and five things that modern day America can learn from it.

Apr 3 •

How American Gray Wolves and Integrated Pest Management Explain a New Way To Treat Prostate Cancer

And somehow it all relates to Richard Nixon.

Jan 22 •

The Ten Best Books I Read This Year

Brief reviews of the best books that I read this year, in no particular order.

Dec 12, 2023 •

Blue Glade Farm: Our Second Year

In October 2021, my wife and I started a permaculture farm in Maryland. This is our second annual report.

Nov 15, 2023 •

Pandemic Lesson #4: Was Donald Trump the Best Of All Possible Worlds?

The fourth of five lingering thoughts that I'm taking away from the pandemic: mostly an excuse to discuss an under-appreciated Enlightenment thinker.

Oct 11, 2023 •

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