The political sphere in the U.S. at the moment is full of lively debate. Health care, climate change, same-sex marriage, war, and a variety of other topics are leading to increasingly contentious clashes between various social movements, large economic and political institutions, and various political parties and perspectives. So far, most of my response to […]

This week, I’m making a donation to the Carbondale Climate Action Network. http://carbondaleclimateaction.blogspot.com/ As some of you may remember, CCAN organized the Sustainable State of the City address in December of last year. This was both in response to the local State of the City address and the global climate conference in Copenhagen. CCAN is

Once every three months, I select three local community groups to recognize as Featured Causes. We have many good groups here in Southern Illinois, and I feel that selecting these Featured Causes is a good way to bring them to your attention a few at a time, thereby offering them additional support through special recognition.

In my previous blog entry, I talked about my definition of a Real Life Supervillain and listed three broad categories that I would group them into: corporations and their executives, governments and their officials, and private fanatics and their supporters. Now, I’d like to talk about the most prevalent, and arguably the most powerful, of