Solstice 2100 (John Michael Greer)

John Michael Greer -- The Archdruid Report Nov. 29, 2006 -- My second attempt to use the tools of narrative fiction to explore the deindustrial future, this story is set half a century after “Christm ...

Christmas Eve 2050 (John Michael Greer)

John Michael Greer -- Archdruid Report Nov. 15, 2006 -- Human beings make sense of their lives by telling stories, and the tools of narrative fiction have enormous value for putting facts in context ...

Cheney and Neo-Cons Plotting More Wars

Jeffrey Steinberg -- ZNet Executive Intelligence Review Nov. 20, 2006 -- On March 11, 2003, as final preparations were under way for the neo-cons' greatest triumph--the invasion of Iraq--New Yorker m ...

How to Prepare for Peak Oil and Climate Change (Tim Winton)

Tim Winton -- Permaforest Trust Nov. 17, 2006 -- Declining energy availability and changes to global climate patterns are now starting to be felt around the world. Preventing the effects of these two ...

Our Long National Nightmare Has Just Begun (Ted Rall)

Like Cornered Rats, GOP Losers More Dangerous Than Ever By Ted Rall -- Information Clearing House Nov. 9, 2006 -- NEW YORK -- "My fellow Americans," assured incoming president Gerald Ford hours after ...

Politics: Rebuilding Civil Society (John Michael Greer)

John Michael Greer -- The Archdruid Report Nov. 9, 2006 -- My last two Archdruid Report posts argued that the American political system has wedged itself into the impossible position of trying to sus ...

Politics: The Eighty Percent Pay Cut (John Michael Greer)

John Michael Greer -- The Archdruid Report Nov. 2, 2006 -- It's a well-known maxim that, in the final analysis, all politics are local. The political dimensions of peak oil are no exception to this r ...

Politics: Imperial Sunset (John Michael Greer)

John Michael Greer -- The Archdruid Report Oct. 26, 2006 -- The coming of peak oil is driven by geological factors, not political ones, but the cascade of consequences that will follow the peaking an ...

The Crimes of Greed vs. the Crimes of Government (Paul Craig Roberts)

If Enron's Skilling Gets 24 Years in Prison, How Many Should Bush and Cheney Get? By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS -- CounterPunch Oct. 26, 2006 -- During my professional lifetime, liberals and the left-wing ha ...

Economics: The Sound of Aunt Edna’s Knitting (John Michael Greer)

John Michael Greer -- The Archdruid Report Oct. 12, 2006 -- If the economic landscape beyond Hubbert’s peak proves to be the sort of rough terrain outlined in my last two Archdruid Report posts, how ...

Gaia's Physician (Amanda Kovattana)

By Amanda Kovattana -- Energy Bulletin/Blogspot In Japan, scientists enjoy a celebrity status much like a sports hero or rock star. Their achievements evoke national pride, thus their pictures grace ...