On the Far Side of Denial | John Michael Greer

July 18, 2012 (Archdruid Report) -- Any readers of The Archdruid Report who grew up, as I did, watching old black and white science fiction serials repackaged for the afternoon TV market may be forgi ...

Russian Roulette: A Story of MTA Subway Systems and Inconsistent Wheelchair Accessibility | Michele Kaplan

Michele Kaplan July 14, 2012 -- NEW YORK -- It all began when I got word that the MTA was making the Kings Highway subway stop on the Q & B line, wheelchair accessible. I was thrilled! Finally, I wou ...

The Cussedness of Whole Systems | John Michael Greer

June 27, 2012 (Archdruid Report) -- There’s an interesting divergence between the extreme complexity of the predicament that besets contemporary industrial civilization, on the one hand, and the rema ...

PILLOW TALK: Drivers Wanted | Deborah Goodwin

June 7, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- If you could indulge in just one rich-people's perk, a luxury without cost or bad karma, what would it be? For me, it would be a car and driver, hands down. A daily mas ...

Truckers as Leading Indicator Show Stable U.S. Economic Growth | Anna-Louise Jackson and Anthony Feld

A driver walks past parked trucks. Photographer: Alan Petersime/Bloomberg June 14, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- Rising truck shipments show the U.S. economic expansion is intact, even amid concerns that a slo ...

Greenhouse gas levels pass symbolic 400ppm CO2 milestone | AP

The Arctic Ocean with leads and cracks in the ice cover of north of Alaska. Photograph: Courtesy Eric Kort/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Monitoring stations in the Arctic detect record levels of car ...

Cold War in Warm Waters: US-China's Dangerous Contest for Asia-Pacific | Ramzy Baroud

South China Sea. Source: Demis Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 22, 2012 -- On two occasions in my life I found myself living close to the South China Sea. The sea became my escape from life’s p ...

Why The Whole Idea Of The U.S Achieving 'Energy Independence' Is A Sham That Enriches Big Oil And Coal (Joshua Frank)

Oct. 13, 2011 (Alternet) -- Whether it is the hucksters pushing for the Keystone XL pipeline to cut across the Heartland, or the coal barons who are ramping up their exploits in Powder River Basin, a ...

Is The War On Terror A Hoax? (Paul Craig Roberts)

Paul Craig Roberts Sept. 30, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- In the past decade, Washington has killed, maimed, dislocated, and made widows and orphans millions of Muslims in six countries, all ...

'Know Your Digital Rights' Guide -- Full Version (EFF)

By Hanni Fakhoury -- EFF Staff Attorney June 2011 Know Your Rights Whitepaper (pdf) EFF Police Tips (pdf) Your computer, your phone, and your other digital devices hold vast amounts of personal infor ...

Deus ex Machina: Will economic collapse save us from climate catastrophe? (Dan Allen)

June 17, 2011 (Energy Bulletin) -- “I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen.... We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.” --Stev ...