'Democratic' life began millions of years ago. It died with the first city-states.

Is High Tech now part of the State?

Hansen: If the current La Niña minimum temperature is high, we'll know that global warming has sped up even more.

If the rules that allow this to happen aren’t reversed now, they’ll stay in place for later.

And do the dead care?

If this isn't stopped now, with every oppositional tool elites have at hand, the Trumpian state is confirmed as one of the choices

'They were put in cells reserved for U.S. citizens'

What's right about this solution is also what's wrong

How will the U.S. go down? Gracious? Mature? Or flailingly, breaking the world?

"Howie Klein was a cultural sleuth who had a knack for recognizing important moments."

"'You see,' Steve Bannon said. 'Goebbels.'"

What do our new-minted masters, those Thiel-driven souls, have in mind for us next?

"I learned so much. Not just about the music business, but about worldly things, spirituality"

"He had written on a map of the United States in red Sharpie, 'all bands on tour at all times'."

"A titan of what it meant to be human"

"He was steadfast and brave about his last endeavour, facing quietly but squarely into the wind."

'Howie had the most interesting life of anyone I’ve met'

A reflection on blogging gone by, plus Jon Swift's venerable list for 2025

Alan Grayson on Howie Klein's passing

A giant leaves the earth