Progressive activist and journalist since 1981. Lived in Seattle since 1998, and the Pacific Northwest, aka Cascadia, since 1977.
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Confronting climate failure: How we dig ourselves out of the climate-catastrophe hole – Part 2
Humanity has dug itself into a hole. The first step to digging ourselves out is to acknowledge the depth of our civilizational failure.
September 15, 2026
Confronting climate failure in a summer of steaming oceans and devastated villages – Part 1
Humanity is faced with the greatest failure in its long existence. What can we do about it?
September 14, 2026
We are in a crisis – How to build communities that can respond
We have our greatest democratic possibilities in the communities where we live, and this is where we can begin to turn around the trend to concentrated oligarchic power that threatens democracy as a whole. We must build the future in place.
January 16, 2026
The path through an uncertain future – Rebuild community by reclaiming the commons
We don’t have any certainty about the future, but we can be certain the way to address anything that is coming is through community. And the natural place to start, the one that is most available, is the communities where we live. We must build the future in place.
December 16, 2025
How New York and Seattle mayoral victories point the way to systemic change
The tasks facing us are monumental, but we can begin with steps we take in our own communities. We must build the future in place.
November 17, 2025
The U.S. is broken. Time to think about what comes next
The United States is broken. We should consider a more decentralized democratic order as what comes next.
October 27, 2025
