http://www.mightymatthern.com Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:42:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know, I tried. I really did. But the last thing, no really the last thing, this word needs is another fucking blog. Sorry about that all you good and kind people. I'm going to leave this blog section up until the fall, and then have another look at it. But for ... http://www.mightymatthern.com/?p=322 Just a quick note, in part in the context of the Gulf BP Spill, but also as a more general comment: Across the political spectrum it is very commonly assumed that government and corporations are fundamentally antagonistic. The essential argument of the Right, of all stripes, is that government ... http://www.mightymatthern.com/?p=319 Every place has its chauvinist streak. Everywhere you travel someone’s going tell why their country is so superior, why their city is so revered, why that land is god’s gift. It’s great that people are proud of where they live. The ugly part of course is when it tips into ... http://www.mightymatthern.com/?p=315 I've been wondering lately what it is exactly about on-line communication - specifically Facebook, Twitter-style communication - that tends to bring out the worst in people.  Why is it that folks seem to feel so comfortable speaking with such easy venom, such dismissive arrogance on-line in ways that I very ... http://www.mightymatthern.com/?p=302 Spent almost the whole weekend in the garden: planting, cleaning and preparing some beds at home, then building a series of brick beds at the Thistle where we are taking over a big chunk of lousy industrial land for a community garden. It was all great, of course – and ... http://www.mightymatthern.com/?p=280 Welcome to the World Socialist Club America! Your password and code name will be emailed to you shortly. Please keep all information totally secret as there are a few rogue states out there who have yet to accept the inevitable domination of the Red Conspiracy. But welcome! We are glad ... http://www.mightymatthern.com/?p=266 And I mean that in the wrong way. I'm rolling off today to Honolulu, then back to SF etc. Yeah I know. Cry me a freaking river. Not feeling it right now, think I'd be just fine never to get on another plane in my life, but I''m sure it'll ... http://www.mightymatthern.com/?p=260