Dipper Falls, spring . . . The way of water, when still in its natural state,
displays at all levels an amazing richness and complexity. I like to
take off along alpine streams and keep hiking and climbing and
till I find their source, frequently up above in snowfields above
treeline. Eagle Cap Wilderness. . .
On the road in the American Northwest.
ON THE NECESSARY UNITY
OF FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY
Just as there can be no partial freedom of speech, there
can be no halfway democracy.
Democracy at the ballot box without democracy at the
workplace is like being able to freely choose which train
or bus to get on, but having nothing to say about where
it is going, or when and where to get off.
What kind of freedom, what kind of democracy, is that?
ECONOMY
What is the difference between a Market Economy and
a Social Economy?
One is based on profit; the other on both profit and ethical
responsibility.
Clearly, a necessarily self-destructive feature of all Market
Economies is that they ultimately will ravage the very
foundation or ground upon which they depend—the Earth
and ourselves—because this is the easiest and most direct
route to monetary success. The Social Economy, however,
because it is by its very nature self-limiting, must necessarily
ask like a farmer concerned about the long-term health of his
or her soil: "Is there not a better way?
VII.4.2009,
Muir (Crater) Lake,
Eagle Cap Wilderness,
