Mini-Me: Public So Alienated They Have Given Up on “The System”

Huh? Militia Groups The Problem:  The depth of hostility which divides the United States is clearly evident to any observer of the ongoing political campaigns. What’s more worrisome, however, is the possibility that this conflict could escalate beyond the violence threshold. In this context, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s recent report on “patriot” groups and …

Mini-Me: Cash, and Time, Runs Out for Afghanistan’s Wi-Fi City

Huh? Cash, and Time, Runs Out for Afghanistan’s Wi-Fi City It was a project that symbolized America’s grand ambitions to rebuild Afghanistan: a DIY Wi-Fi network, free for Afghans to use, powering the aid projects and business ventures of the eastern city of Jalalabad. But now funding for the JLink network has run dry, and …

Review: The Leaderless Revolution – How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century

Carne Ross 4.0 out of 5 stars 5 for Superficial Overview, 3 for Pretense, May 13, 2012 It is unfortunate that Amazon’s superb “Look Inside the Book” has been limited by the publisher to only the introduction, as I would like the potential buyer to have a much greater feel for the book that the …

Top Atlee: Final Words from Ernest Callenbach the Author of Ecotopia & Ecotopia Emerging

Dear friends, Ernest Callenbach’s ECOTOPIA and its prequel ECOTOPIA EMERGING were major books in my developing thinking about how a sustainable society might evolve.  ECOTOPIA, the more famous of the two, provides Callenbach’s overall vision of what might be possible.  ECOTOPIA EMERGING – with far better characterization and more compelling plot – tells the story …