From Peter Garritano

Thomas Naylor woke up every morning thinking about how to make our little slice of the world a better place. He would often call or meet me for lunch so that he could tell me his latest idea, a word he said with a pronounced accent on the “i”. I often wondered if this was a Mississippi thing, he was the only person I ever knew from that part of the country.  I enjoyed our talks and felt connected with him.  Thomas never flaunted his impressive accomplishments. He always made me feel that even I could make a difference.

Thomas had ideas that often seemed...

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

These words from this important man came to me a few days ago. They’re appropriate words for this holiday season, particularly for those who celebrate and draw strength from the birth in Bethlehem, Palestine over 2,000 years ago of a baby called Jesus.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a rising leader in Germany’s Lutheran Church in the 1920’s and 1930’s. As Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power, Bonhoeffer struggled with what he should do about it. After helping to form the “Confessing Church,” an...

The "fiscal cliff" has all the earmarks of a false flag operation, full of sound and fury, intended to extort concessions from opponents. Neil Irwin of The Washington Post calls it "a self-induced austerity crisis." David Weidner in the Wall Street Journal calls it simply theater, designed to pressure politicians into a budget deal:

The...

Dubbed “Tom Paine for the 21st Century” by Utne magazine's Jay Walljasper, Thomas H. Naylor (1936-2012) of Charlotte, Vermont was Professor Emeritus of Economics at Duke University, as well as a writer and a political activist. He passed away on December 12, 2012, after complications resulting from a stroke, and is survived by his wife Magdalena Naylor, his son Alexander, and his daughter Susanne Powell.

Thomas H. Naylor grew up in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1950s where his father’s admonishments to always be concerned about "what people will think" fell on deaf ears. He earned a B.S. in mathematics from Mississippi's Millseps College, a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University, an M.B.A. from Indiana University,...

Everybody loves a good story. Especially this time of year.

Congress is starting to figure out that there is a serious problem with the vaccine program.  Last week, on the heels of a year of wrangling In VT over vaccination policy issues, U.S. Congress took up the issue of vaccine/autism causation for the first time in a decade. Get informed. 

Watch the full Coverage of 11/29/2012 National Congressional Hearing on Autism, here.  

Autism Hearing video clips: 

None of the more notable supporters of basing the nuclear-capable F-35 stealth fighter-bomber at Burlington Airport in Vermont, not one, had the courage to tell the Burlington Board of Health that the F-35 would be good for the community’s health. The available evidence points strongly to the F-35 being bad for people’s health.

The Board of Health hearing on November 27 heard three...

Update 11-30-2012 ~ Attorney for VT parents says last minute change by Health Department satisfies concerns over compelled speech ~ Read Times Argus Coverage here. Listen HERE to Plattsburg Public Radio WAMC interview.

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In part one, I raised the question of how we can meet our chemical needs on a local, democratic and sustainable basis. Answering this question is a daunting task, and not one I can undertake alone. However, I want to use part two as a platform to propose some suggestions.

The dominant consumption and disposal model in modern corporatism is linear and thus, by definition unsustainable. However, when we talk about meeting our chemical needs, we have to look at providing for the two ends of the line. Production on the one hand and disposal on the other. Localizing and...