American military personnel are abusing prisoners in a “black hole” facility in Bagram. Monsanto is suing farmers whose crops are ruined by Monsanto’s own GMO contamination. Arizona lawmakers have decided it’s okay to stop anyone who looks “suspicious” (Mexican, Latino, “foreign”) and ask them for their papers. Is this the free and democratic society we […]

In today’s entry, I intend to answer a question that humanity has struggled to answer for most if not all of its existence. What is a good society, and how do we get from here to there? First of all, notice that the title of this entry is “A Good Society” rather than “The Good

“Kick-Ass” is a new movie that came out last Friday here in the U.S. It’s based on a comic book by the same name that features a high school student who decides to become a superhero in real life by donning a costume and going on patrol to fight crime. I’m a big fan of

Welcome to the first edition of Villain Watch! Villain Watch is a weekly review of ominous ecological and social justice news stories. Each edition starts with a short introduction followed by several News and Action links. The message of Villain Watch is that each of us has the power to make the world a better