Category Archives: Political and Social Commentary

ChicoSol – worth a look

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Fracking wells at the base of the beautiful Sutter Buttes?  Yikes!  Read all about it at ChicoSol.org, a local non-profit, on-line news magazine. Editor Leslie Layton’s extensive report on local fracking wells is thought-provoking and educational.  Read it and get informed!  And if you appreciate this kind of in-depth reporting then please make a contribution to ChicoSol through  the Annie B’s fundraiser before September 30th, at nvcf.org.

ChicoSol.org – “Border crossing journalism for the Sacramento Valley.”

North side of Sutter Buttes as seen from Gray Lodge Wildlife Refuge

North side of Sutter Buttes as seen from Gray Lodge Wildlife Refuge

South side of Sutter Buttes where well are located

South side of Sutter Buttes where wells are located

Not Syria Too!

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At the Peace Vigil on Saturday, I found myself standing among many Syrian-Americans who were there to protest the war as well.  Today congress will vote on whether or not to support Obama’s plan to attack Syria.  When I cast my vote for Obama’s first term as president, I hadn’t anticipated that the first African-American Commander in Chief of the armed forces, who had criticized so forcefully the policies of his predecessor, would end up duplicating the same path of war pursued by George W. Bush. It is a violent policy fraught with tragic consequence.  We all live under one roof: may non-violence, compassion, and thoughtful deliberation prevail in every corner of our house. *

* Adapted from Zen liturgy

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