by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 22, 2011 | Essays, Polemics
February 22, 2011 Nevada City “I’m a woman, not a corporation.” Alice DiMecele I thought of DiMecele today as I tried to find out the actual source of Rachel Maddow’s claim that Wisconsin started the year with a huge surplus. Jeff...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 6, 2011 | Abbey Country, Essays, Farmers Markets, Sustainability
February 6, 2011 Downtown Portland, Oregon This last week, traveling in one day from Sierra Vista, Arizona to Portland, Oregon was a bit like stepping from Edward Abbey’s Good News into Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia. On each count this is an...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 2, 2011 | Abbey Country, Essays, Mining, Polemics, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
by Carolyn Crane Pima County, Arizona Last Saturday, I found myself on the old Thurber Ranch outside Sonoita, Arizona, listening to a presentation about a proposed open pit copper mine. The site-coordinator, Dennis Fischer, gave an excellent presentation. He is truly...