Posts Tagged ‘morality’

Inane Impact Man

UPDATE: [[I should have been more familiar with No Impact Man’s blog–and the scope of his activism– before being so dismissive of him. Thanks to the reader below for providing a larger and fairer context.]] I’m not above stunts myself, especially if it scores me a long feature assignment. The last one I undertook in…Continue Reading…

Violence Through a Desert Prism

Here’s the understated yet majestic lede in this poignant essay by Laura Paskus in the current issue of High Country News: On the outskirts of Albuquerque, the desert has surrendered the bones of 12 young women. I’m a little uneasy with the larger theme of the piece, though, mainly because I think violence to women…Continue Reading…

Flexible Morality

Folks over at Oil & Gas Investor are finding consolation in the latest James Bond movie.  And pretending to learn something new about the role oil plays in geopolitics. After seeing “Quantum of Solace,” Stephen Payne got to thinking about the world we live in and writes that, “unfortunately,” politicians need to have a sort…Continue Reading…