Reading: The Efficiency Dilemma (which you can read HERE!)   The better (more efficient) we are at doing something industrial (using coal power, increasing miles-per=gallon), the more we end up doing it. That is, rather than see an overall decrease of gasoline consumption due to more...

The obscure we always see sooner or later; the obvious always seems to take a little longer. – Edward R. Murrow I’m rather fortunate – a few days before the block started, a friend had picked some some sustainability-themed books at a local second-hand store and gave them to...

I’ve been wrestling with this idea for years, but I think I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that might makes right. “Right,” in this case, means actualized, manifest correctness. It does not mean, nor imply, any unrealized concept of correctness – that is...

I recently wrote a two-part article on a basic history of my hometown, published down at Fairfield Voice. Part One: The Beginning of Time to the First Settlers Part Two: The First Settlers to Today It took me significantly longer than I anticipated to write these things. First, I put...

I’ve been researching the history of my hometown and county: Fairfield, Iowa in Jefferson County. I know it’s a myth, the idea of pioneers and settlers “discovering” the land, when people have been living here since 10,000 BCE. And, of course, what happened to the...