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Tortured Professionals

I was happy to hear on Democracy Now! this past Friday a lengthy discussion, not for the first time either, covering the reprehensible acquiescence of the American Psychological Association to allowing some of its members to participate in CIA and US military torture. Stephen Soldz was quite eloquent in attacking his professional association for their […]

Bees and Bombs

Some personal news and photos below, but wanted to start out ruminating a bit on the recent coverage of the collapse of bee colonies. Elizabeth Kolbert writes about it in The New Yorker, which wasn’t quite up to her climate change writing in terms of sharp clarity and getting through the mysteries to basic facts. […]

Blimps, bikes, pipelines, uninsurance

Back home in San Francisco, my head still floating in Istanbul or somewhere in Central Europe, my body most definitely in San Francisco. Jet lag is still a bitch, even after nearly a week at home. Happy to land in the arms of my sweetie, but sad to leave my sweet daughter’s company… that was […]