Practicing Resurrection Conference

I'm pleased to share that I was asked to give a workshop and play a set at this year's Practicing Resurrection conference hosted by Culture is Not Optional and Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat's Russet House Farm in Cameron, Ontario.

The theme of the conference is "Home …

International MTR coverage

Agence France Presse ran a story today on Mountaintop Removal mining. The spokesperson for the West Virginia Coal Association makes an appearance:

Chris Hamilton, spokesman for the West Virginia Coal Association, played down the environmental impact of the mining …

Oh yeah...

...and happy West Virginia Day!

Ekklesia Project

Welp, I just registered for this year's Ekklesia Project gathering at DePaul, July 7-9. Look forward to seeing some of you there?

Social welfare and anarchism

Countless discussions have taken place at Vox Nova about health care, revisiting debates about whether or not it should be provided, in any way, by the government. When I have expressed the view that, under these current (and probably collapsing) political arrangements, …

New Coldplay

I didn't like Coldplay when I first heard them years ago. A Rush of Blood to the Head turned me on to them, and I liked that X & Y record (or whatever it's called) too. But I heard their new single on the radio the other night and, man, it sucks.

That's all.

Still in motion

Here's an interesting article on the history and current practice of moonshining.

Cheney, Appalachian humor, and American imperial logic

Dick "Don't Let the Door Hit Ya" Cheney made headlines yesterday after he made a joke at the expense of West Virginians in front of the National Press Club, a joke centering around the oh-so original image of Appalachian incest. West Virginia's Democratic governor Joe …

Iraq's death toll may be 'above highest estimates'

From the Inter Press Service:

The real number of the dead is far higher than even the highest declared in death tolls, many Iraqis say.

A study by doctors from the Johns Hopkins School of Health in conjunction with Iraqi doctors from al-Mustanceriya University in …

Don't stay out of politics, Father!

An accusation that we see thrown around a lot, especially around election time, is the charge that Father So-and-So is "being too political," and that he should "stay out of politics." The charge is made from either side of the aisle, sometimes directed toward priests …