A quick rhetorical question by Chris Clarke
How many of the men now saying “Isla Vista isn’t about misogyny” also said moderate Muslims need to condemn all Islamic terrorism?
View ArticleBoundaries by Chris Clarke
On days like this I’m not sure whether I’m too lonely or not lonely enough. On the one hand, I spent the day alone aside from the cat. A few minutes’ phone conversation for work, a few more catching...
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In which I finally take notice of Peter Kareiva by Chris Clarke
I usually don’t bother with people like Peter Kareiva. His kind would be a dime a dozen, were it not for the fact that he operates in a part of society where dimes are probably considered litter....
View ArticleEthical malfeasance and the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan by...
Today’s the deadline for commenting on the draft Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP). Many of the people I know have been putting in long hours for the last several months pulling their...
View ArticleGrief by Chris Clarke
The realization came this morning. It was not the first time. I busy myself with small crisis after small crisis to stave it off most days, most years. Today it persisted through noon, through an...
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Berta Cáceres and the California Desert by Chris Clarke
Berta Cáceres | Photo courtesy COPINH In March of this year, Indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres was assassinated in Honduras. Her family is certain the assassins were sent to end Cáceres’...
View ArticleSuite 101
Part 3, Chapter 5 At each stage of his imprisonment he had known, or seemed to know, whereabouts he was in the windowless building. Possibly there were slight differences in the air pressure. The cells...
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The Central Valley’s Second Coming
First published May 27, 2015 at Beacon Reader. “The hundreds of miles of soil that surround the lives of Valley dwellers should not be confused with land. What was once land has become dirt, overworked...
View ArticleThe Desert is Not About You
A piece that appeared in issue number 2 of Luna Arcana, Joshua Tree’s local arts and culture print journal, published in June. There is a new gold rush in the Mojave Desert, a new ore being mined from...
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On Leaving Facebook
Image by mkhmarketing After nine years of use, I’ve deleted my Facebook account. I announced that I was going to do so about two weeks ago, the extended notice given so that people who really wanted to...
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