Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

DECEMBER 28 2019 THE STATE OF THE WORLD (2) This is my 1000th blog. From the year 2,001 through 2010 I wrote a weekly column in the Belleville daily, The Intelligencer, about 800 words each. I then combined two of … Continue reading →

DECEMBER 21 2019 THE STATE OF THE WORLD, 2020 (1) I used to subscribe to the World Watch Institute publications some 30 years ago, buying its annual world survey, “The State of the World 1990” etc. but stopped after a … Continue reading →

DECEMBER 14 2019 HELL IN HEAVEN; HELL ON EARTH. The Bible gives a picture of heaven that is totally at odds with the portrayal I received when I was a kid, steeped in all things religious. I went to a … Continue reading →

DECEMBER 7 2019 ARE YOU RAPTURE-READY? Am I Rapture-Ready? I hope so, but first something personal. I am a creature of habit, among them thrice-weekly exercise: every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, between 4-6 pm. In the winter I run on … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 30 2019 WE ARE TOAST This past week a scholarly article in ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS via The Automatic Earth kept me thinking. I read it a number of times, and, although it struck me as utterly reflecting our current situation, … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 23 2019 THE GOSPEL FOR DUMMIES. First thing to know is that ‘the father of lies’ is in charge of this world: the Bible is correct, (and today’s evidence overwhelming) when it states in 1 John 5: 19 that … Continue reading →