Month July 2005

The Western States Endurance Run

This is a 100 miles run. In the mountains. Participants are the elite of the running world. Their training runs often are 40 miles, while a marathon is just 26.2 miles. My friend Steve Patt ran the Western States for the…

Why ruling by force and fear doesn’t work

Fall of an Evil Empire Those they subjugated refused to completely knuckle under, so they waged a vicious reign of terror against them. However they also needed these same subjects to fight their wars for them. (Quite the contradiction, eh?…

Say it again, bro’

It’s really great to see the press finally press the White House on Karl Rove’s crimes. Isn’t it clear by now that he’s going to jail? Isn’t it high time they cut their losses. And they should never have been…

The L.A. 8 – 18 years of harassment

The L.A. 8 have been in court, on trial. and harassed by the feds for eighteen years. Even though courts have ruled that what they were doing was completely legal, the U.S., in a complete miscarriage of justice, is attempting to…

Greens, anarchism, and organizing

Peter Camejo, twice California Green Party candidate for governor and VP candidate with Nader in 2004 has published his thoughts on the current state of the GP, focusing on California where the vast bulk of registered Greens in the country live. The…