Author Archives: Nathaniel

  Drawing I made of an 84 VW Westfalia as I get reacquainted with Adobe Illustrator. And no, it has nothing to do with this post. I just like it.   Despite what the papers are saying for much of … Continue reading →

It’s easy to fall into the trap of simple dualism. Aside from intellectual laziness, the fact is that the mind has evolved from a very basic good/bad, move towards/move away structure, which we find in the simplest of organisms. In … Continue reading →

  For a variety of reasons that I cannot get into, I feel compelled to write this post. I’m going to use gendered pronouns but the situations can apply to anyone; my own experience is with a woman, so “she” … Continue reading →

This is an unplanned, impromptu blog post, inspired by velvet mushroom clouds I’m watching hug the Olympic mountains. I’ve felt itchy since rolling my last vehicle out of the shop, and consequently have burning up my laptop writing. Once I … Continue reading →

This is a tough post to write, but honesty in ideas and experience is important to a writer, and powerful experiences both positive and negative need to be explored. But when you’ve been a real ass, it’s tough to come … Continue reading →

I’m generally not one to make Tragedy Of The Commons type arguments, largely because they tend to be used by right-wingers to justify private ownership of just about everything (although often neglecting the fact that government ownership often allows the … Continue reading →

    So often we get an urge to do something outrageous, but the civil impulse, not to mention an instinctive need to keep a low profile, holds us in check. And yet, when we do risk approbation, it often … Continue reading →

This is a particularly odious example of bureaucratic head-up-the-ass syndrome: In 2010, the President of the World Bank committed an additional $750 million to basic education over the five subsequent years, with a focus on countries struggling to meet the … Continue reading →

  Just a quick notice: some damned bot tried to hijack my comments section and I was getting tons of spam comments that I had to moderate. Each comment was sending me a notification email which got a little unwieldy … Continue reading →