The Buffalo Wind

By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report

I’ve talked more than once in these essays about the challenge of discussing the fall of civilizations when the current example is picking up speed right outside the window.

Ebola Outbreak: Lessons from the Hot Zone

By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee

Just after Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called the ebola outbreak "completely out of control," the government of Sierra Leone ordered its citizens to stay indoors for three days.

Stop Growing or Meet the Four Horsemen?

By Mary Odum, A Prosperous Way Down

Americans are now receiving unsubtle messages from the universe that perhaps we have reached our limits, and it is time to stop trying to grow the economy.