POSTED // Apr 24,2013 - As I move into my 63rd year on this spherical space rock, I’m becoming ever more aware that humans—the bottom-dwelling, technologically enabled, pinnacle predators in this planet’s air ocean—aren’t as different from one another as certain artificial dividers like political parties, corporate brands, national borders or even religious affiliation would have us believe.

POSTED // Dec 12,2012 - City Weekly writers often document the trials of individuals on society’s fringes. Some are victims. Some are perpetrators. Some are just trying to survive while coloring outside the heavy lines of a dominant culture

POSTED // Nov 14,2012 - Most Americans were shocked that retired four-star general and CIA Director David Petraeus resigned after admitting to an extramarital affair. Few should be surprised.

POSTED // Sep 5,2012 - A handful of my friends are conservatives. I don’t maintain those friendships out of tokenism—these misguided folks possess otherwise marvelous qualities.

POSTED // May 9,2012 - I really shouldn’t be writing this. I’ve been helping Rocky Anderson compose copy for his presidential campaign under the banner of his newly formed Justice Party.

POSTED // Apr 18,2012 - Peaceful Uprising is celebrating Earth Day by conducting a free, open-to-all, nonviolent political-action training seminar April 21-22.

POSTED // Feb 29,2012 - A year ago, northeastern Japan was rocked by the fourth-largest earthquake ever recorded. It triggered a massive tidal wave that swallowed entire cities and swamped the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down, causing explosions and fires that spewed radioactive contaminants that mostly headed west by air and sea toward the United States.

POSTED // Jan 11,2012 - In the obvious absence of an attorney’s advice, I publicly declare: I want to be found guilty in Salt Lake City Justice Court.

POSTED // Aug 3,2011 - Being a journalist and exercising objectivity while writing about something on which I hold strong views is tough to do satisfactorily … especially to myself. I’ll try, anyway.

POSTED // Jun 1,2011 - The house looks typical enough—an attractive split-level in an established Salt Lake County neighborhood—but the family living here is far from conventional.