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“Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia and ableism. At some point, you decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimising vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy… Read More
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“What do we mean when we say that first of all we seek liberty? I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can… Read More
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I have been wanting to put on an ultra distance style vent for a long time. I have been thinking and noodling about ideas for years and years. I once mapped out how far it would be to run around the entire finger lakes region. I have been involved in just about every aspect of racing over the years. Runner, photographer, course set up and take down, aid stations, cheering, registration, packet… Read More
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I made my first trip back to Watkins Glen State Park since the lower portion of the gorge trail, arguably the most epic part, was reopened after the completion of the new Sentry Bridge. The old bridge had fallen into disrepair and become unsafe. I am glad that it was repaired so we can continue to enjoy this park. The only thing I will say about the new bridge itself is that… Read More
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“Totalitarianism is never content to rule by external means, namely, through the state and a machinery of violence; thanks to its peculiar ideology and the role assigned to it in this apparatus of coercion, totalitarianism has discovered a means of dominating and terrorizing human beings from within.” – Hannah Arendt If you like fall colors switch it up from a single leaf to a mountain range full of fall colors: Autumn in… Read More
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“I think sometimes our young people believe either that government is not a good thing to be involved in … or that if they did get involved, what they did wouldn’t make a difference. Nothing could be further from the truth. We are around here as a nation after more than 224 years because more than half the time, more than half the people turned out to be right on the really… Read More
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“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations… Read More
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“Socialism lost its way largely when it became decoupled from the processes of democracy. My vision of a socially just society is one that is deeply democratic, that allows people’s voices to be heard, where people actually govern. C.L.R James sometimes used the slogan “every cook can govern” to speak to the concept that there should be no hierarchies of power between those who lead and their constituencies. This idea is related… Read More
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But if the dream of America is to be preserved, we must not waste the genius of one mind, the strength of one body, or the spirit of one soul. We need all our people — men and women, young and old, individuals of every race — to be healthy, happy, and whole. – Ronald Reagan : February 21, 1984 Remarks On Receiving The Report Of The Commission On Security And Economic… Read More
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“Modern industrial civilization has developed within a certain system of convenient myths. The driving force of modern industrial civilization has been individual material gain, which is accepted as legitimate, even praiseworthy, on the grounds that private vices yield public benefits in the classic formulation. Now, it’s long been understood very well that a society that is based on this principle will destroy itself in time. It can only persist with whatever suffering… Read More
