The Tangled Web
Local economy proponents everywhere dream of much the same vision. A thriving, diverse, walkable city center, surrounded by a patchwork of family farms and cooperative industrial enterprises. A rural small […]
Author Archives: Leah K. Smith
Where Our New World Democracy Fails
Where America fails to deliver on its promise, a new vision of democracy is in order.
The Tragedy of the Leviathan
If one assumes that humans are basically evil, and violently savage to one another if not for a rigid power structure, what does one think when encountering a culture that doesn’t build fences?
Accounting for our Global Household
As an oddly language-loving visual arts MFA student, I emerged from this hectic fall semester ready to read the library. In periods when I find myself with enough time, my […]
Of Unicorns and Mules
(A Response to Small is Possible, by Lyle Estil) Small is possible. I’m a believer. In fact, we have to assume that small will be necessary, short of miraculous developments […]
On Supermarkets and Sociopathy
No matter what the company vision statement says, all corporations exist to make a profit. As several psychology publications have noted in recent years, granting legal personhood to these businesses […]
How Do We Beat Money?
Nearly every benefit of sustainable farming derives from the fact that is that it is low-input. By definition, sustainability means making the farm as self-sufficient as possible, cycling nutrients on […]
