Author: stiles

Losing Solitude: Visions…by Martin Murie

Visions…   Once in a while something very like a vision comes along. Those, as we all know, are not scheduled in advance. They happen in subways, tangled woods, high plains, classrooms, prisons, battlefields. There are many recipes, special behaviors,…

FUTURE NEW WEST TRENDS?…by Jim Stiles

Elsewhere in this issue, we have talked about the soon-to-be-built “Colorado River Elevated Bikeway and Transit Hub,’ at a cost of $9 million to improve what one local politician called a “stale” tourist economy. But is this kind of extravagant…

The Bulletin Board of Doom!

(from Truthdig.com) ‘Growth Is the Problem’ —Chris Hedges Survival will be determined by localities. Communities will have to create collectives to grow their own food and provide for their security, education, financial systems and self-governance, efforts that Heinberg suspects will…

The BEST of the ZBLOG…

RichBoy Romney & Friends…a history of partisan ‘characterizations’ —Stiles Much has been written about the obscene opulent wealth of the Republican nominee MITT ROMNEY.  He has many homes and an elevator for his car. They say he’s worth almost $250…