Archive - The Counterpoint

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 •

January 2024

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 •

December 2023

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 •

November 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 •

October 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 •

July 2023

I Co-hosted an Episode Of the Doomer Optimism Podcast

We discussed the Montgomery County Agriculture Reserve, one of the most unique land use and conservation areas in the United States.

Jul 28, 2023 •

June 2023

Our Fundamental Problem: Adolescence, Mouse Utopia, & Multi-polar Traps

The Counterpoint is a free newsletter that uses both analytic and holistic thinking to examine the wider world. My goal is that you find it ‘worth…

Jun 30, 2023 •

February 2023

Blue Glade Farm: Master Plan (First Draft)

Seeking input on the plans for our permaculture farm.

Feb 25, 2023 •

Progeria: When Aging Isn't Aging

How a cathedral in Venice changes our understanding of a rare genetic disease.

Feb 17, 2023 •

January 2023

Pandemic Lesson #3: We Need an Air-Quality Revolution

The third of five lingering thoughts that I'm taking away from the pandemic: a simple solution that will profoundly change society for the better is…

Jan 23, 2023 •

Our Immune Systems Weren't Damaged by SARS-CoV-2

The Counterpoint is a free newsletter that uses both analytic and holistic thinking to examine the wider world. My goal is that you find it ‘worth…

Jan 7, 2023 •

October 2022

Blue Glade Farm: Our First Year

Last October, my wife and I started a permaculture farm in Maryland. This is our first annual report.

Oct 28, 2022 •

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