Walking composition “To your mad world—one answer: I refuse.” —from “Poems to Czechoslovakia,” Marina Tsvetaeva I had promised to write more about Konstantin V. Kustanovich’s book Russian and American Cultures: Two Worlds a World Apart*… Read more

(Spoiler alert: I don’t know) For some reason people often ask me about community—how to build it, how to get involved or engaged, what to do to make change. I’m not sure if this is… Read more

Walking composition “I don’t know if I can explain how fundamental this is. If someone comes to your table, you feed them, even if it means you’re a little hungrier. That’s how it works.” —Psalm… Read more

Walking composition “Indigenous resistance is not a one-time event. It continually asks: What proliferates in the absence of empire?” —Our History Is the Future, Nick Estes I have deadlines piling up faster than I can… Read more

Walking composition “A mere aristocracy of wealth will never struggle while it can hope to bribe a tyrant.” —Progress & Poverty, Henry George, 1879 There are things I can’t say. I was talking a few… Read more

Not-walking-anywhere composition “It’s all bullshit.” —my dad, frequently My family is crawling out from a double wallop of strep throat followed by our first ever Covid infection followed by one kid’s possibly allergic reaction to… Read more

Walking composition “If we want to understand the origins of violent domination in human societies, this is precisely where we need to look. Mere acts of violence are passing; acts of violence transformed into caring… Read more

Walking composition “We’re so convinced we’re moving forwards, when all I seem to do is go round and round with the seasons, certainly no wiser, and often only more sure of how much I cannot… Read more

Walking composition “From the standpoint of the theory of justice, the most important natural duty is that to support and further just institutions.” —A Theory of Justice, John Rawls I keep meaning to write about… Read more

“Don’t we have an obligation, a responsibility, to our planetary future and the generations of humans and other species to come?” ―The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long-Term in a Short-Term World, Roman Krznaric When… Read more