TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Turn on the TV. What do you see? Tornadoes, typhoons, devastation everywhere. Homeless people, corrupt politicians, poverty. Robbery, rape, murder. Climate change. War. Pollution. I could go on and on. But just a few of these are enough to make one feel depressed about what’s going on in our world. Seven continents, 193 independent countries. Read More…
In a stunning turn of events, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday it will no longer use private prisons to incarcerate federal prisoners, deeming the notorious for-profit facilities both less safe and less effective in providing correctional services than those operated by the government. “They simply do not provide the same level of correctional Read More…
Today, August 15, 2016 the California Assembly voted 66-8 to pass a bill that not only bolsters restrictions on state officials from seizing property without due process, but throws a wrench into federal efforts to do the same. Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) introduced Senate Bill 443 (SB443) last year. The legislation sets additional restrictions on Read More…
The idea that our body is a temple, that we only have one and should use it wisely, serves a microcosmic example of the larger truth of our planet. Yes, we have ONE planet, so why would we do so much damage to it? Ignorance is bliss they say, and so while we use up Read More…
One of the focuses of The Last American Vagabond has been to not only properly diagnose all the problems facing humanity at this current juncture, which undoubtedly is important, but also to evolve past that by discussing solutions to these problems. In the end, what’s the point of understanding all these problems, if the alternative Read More…
Monsanto is losing millions on failed GM cotton. The company illegally pushed a form of Bt cotton into India and Africa more than a decade ago, but farmers are now pushing back by planting their own indigenous seed. Monsanto is accused of writing laws and then breaking them to enter the market in India, but Read More…