Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

MAY 15 2016 THE PAWNBROKER So, who is this PAWNBROKER? Wait, not so fast. First some general stuff. We all know that pawnbrokers do not have a good name. They exploit people whose access to ready cash is non-existent, and, … Continue reading →

The Devil’s Fiery Fury May 8 2016 The world is in a mess. More than 330 million in India directly suffer from drought, due to two (2) failed monsoons. Many millions in Africa too will go hungry. Another 400,000 are … Continue reading →

MAYDAY (1) May 1 2016. There is a call MAYDAY, which has nothing to do with the Month of May, but is simply a phonetic pronouncing of the French M’AIDEZ, which means HELP ME, a distress call, one that now … Continue reading →

APRIL 24 2016 THEN AND NOW This week I am talking DEPRESSION, not the clinical type, but the financial one. You’ve heard it before “History repeats itself.” It does, but never in exactly the same way. The depression of the … Continue reading →

March 20 2016 ANARCHY Again Keats comes to mind: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all … Continue reading →

MARCH 13 2016 “I CANNOT DO A THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE” (Genesis 19: 22) Curious title, isn’t it? Even more curious: that’s God speaking who declares himself, well, sort of powerless. He is referring to the Lot family fleeing … Continue reading →