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The Tangled Web

March 5, 2017by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

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 […]

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Where Our New World Democracy Fails

February 10, 2017by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

Where America fails to deliver on its promise, a new vision of democracy is in order.

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The Tragedy of the Leviathan

January 27, 2017by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

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?

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Philosophy

Accounting for our Global Household

January 9, 2016by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

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 […]

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Of Unicorns and Mules

December 18, 2015by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

(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 […]

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Economy

On Supermarkets and Sociopathy

March 23, 2014by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

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 […]

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Getting Political

How Do We Beat Money?

March 2, 2014by Leah K. Smith Leave a comment

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 […]

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Getting Political

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