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cartoon by the extraordinary Will McPhail I love Will McPhail’s work. The mole in this cartoon could represent any of the ‘sides’ or actors in any of the current wars. Of course there are atrocities, and it’s tempting to take … Continue reading →

Trump as Canute, ordering back the waves; my own prompt* Aurélien has written a series of articles recently on the subject of competence, or, more specifically, its absence in our globalized civilization culture. As many of our political, economic, social, … Continue reading →

In praise of the vernacular. photo of Ivan Illich (2nd left) and Gustavo Esteva (2nd right), from Radical Ecological Democracy The idea of ‘practicing’ how we might live in the societies that emerge after civilization’s collapse has always interested me. … Continue reading →

image from Midjourney AI; not my prompt None of it makes sense. It all makes sense. Or rather, none of it has to make sense. It is not about what is sensible, or in any group’s rational self-interest. We will go mad … Continue reading →

Fridge magnet by cedarmountainstudios.com, from Salt Spring Island BC Why do we build the wall, my children, my children? Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free. That’s why we build the wall. We … Continue reading →

from the extraordinary Michael Leunig “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” These are the words of the inimitable Yoda, and we see the truth of this … Continue reading →

Calling Palestinians “animals”, Israel’s defence minister announced a full genocidal siege against the citizens of Gaza. Western leaders unanimously supported the “response” to the Hamas attack on Israel, and the US pledged military support. Western governments announced airlifts to rescue … Continue reading →