Jack Burns Lives!

Commentary, ideas and miscellany in the spirit of Edward Abbey

Archive for February, 2007

The National Charade

Looks like the next successful Presidential candidate will need to spend $150 million to get there.
Where does this money come from? Wealthy business leaders, mostly. Folks that make their money in commodities, capital, development and various other extractive industries. Hollywood folks too, although their money pales in comparison to some the Wall Street power brokers. [...]

The Chihuahuan Desert

Magazines are becoming more like tee-vee. You have to dig and pan a long time to find a jewel in the piles of rubbish, but every once in a while you do. The February 2007 edition of National Geographic is worth a gander thanks to an article about the highly diverse Chihuahuan Desert titled “Desolate Majesty.”