Author Archives: Mukei

Amendment No. 4

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Mukei

Constitution of the United States – Fourth Amendment The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable* searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, … Continue reading →

Posted in Republicanism

Shorter Harry Potter

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Mukei

An inability to love and a fear of death can lead someone to take the lives of others to prolong their own life. The ability to love can lead someone to embrace their own death to save the lives of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books

Things that would make even Dickens go “hmmm…”

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Mukei

Having just finished Joe Romm’s excellent new book, Language Intelligence: Lessons on Persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Lady Gaga on the myriad uses of the techniques of rhetoric, I momentarily thought to title this post “Christmas Candy Coal Stocking-Stuffer: … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Marketing and Propaganda

Cycles: Look! It’s our planet breathing!

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Mukei

As often as we hear these days how the Earth’s climate is warming due to all the carbon dioxide we’re pouring into the air by burning fossil fuels, I thought it’d be worth mentioning that until a few weeks ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate

Seeing what’s here

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Mukei

“You have to know how to see what’s here.” It’s not an exact quote, but when I was studying economics in the late 70s, a friend of mine in the program said something like this to me one day as … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology