Category: Book Discussions
The right wing’s Orwellian manipulation of ‘socialism’
Why arguments against abortion fail
Capitalism 3.0: A Wonderful Book
Peter Barnes, a founder of the progressive phone company Credo and of the Mesa Refuge, has written Capitalism 3.0, a very important book on how the threat of global warming could be solved quickly from within a market context. Sadly … Read more
Bernd Heinrich’s “Life Everlasting”: a review essay
This has been cross-posted at Witches and Pagans.
Scientists motivated by a deep love and fascination for the natural world share much of a Pagan sensibility about the world’s intrinsic value without our metaphysics, but with skills of observation … Read more
When is a book review not a book review? A more than frustrating review of “Faultlines”
There are reviews that grapple with what a book argues, and those that do not. I was disappointed that Patheos’ review of my book was the latter. Nikki Whiting admits after reading it she did not know for sure what … Read more
Two articles on my new book (written by me).
The first is for Witches and Pagans, a name which explains the site, and so its focus is on a Pagan audience.
The second is for Patheos, an interfaith site, and again, the paper is focused … Read more
David Abram’s Becoming Animal: one of the most important environmental books of our time
When David Abram’s Becoming Animal first came out I published a review on Beliefnet. The Alliance for Wild Ethics later linked to my review in their own descriptions of the book. Since then I left Beliefnet and they have not … Read more
Radio interview on our new book criticizing libertarianism
Along with its editor, Georgia Kelly, I am in a radio interview discussing our new book of essays criticizing libertarian ideology. It’s short, as these things usually are, but hopefully will make our book sound like something you will want … Read more
Pagans and the Living World
A new post just went up on the Witches and Pagans site. It includes links to two excellent books making the case that the world is conscious “all the way down.”… Read more