Jack Burns Lives!

hoo, hoo-oo, hoo, hoo
At first, the sound is faint. Traveling through his single exposed ear, through the tympanic membrane, the vibrating sound then passes the malleus, incus, stapes and on to the cochlea, the auditory nerve and finally the brain. The miracle of hearing, even when asleep.
His brain recognizes it as sound, a familiar but [...]

I enjoyed Hayduke’s recent post about the ruling economist class and invite you to read it if you haven’t already. As I read it, it made me think about all of the people I’ve recently met that have mentioned economics in one way or another. A child majoring n economics. Going back to school to [...]

World stocks nosedived today, and according to Yahoo News, “the losses on the blue-chip stock indexes of Germany, Britain and France alone amounted to more than $350 billion, or roughly the size of the combined economies of New Zealand, Hungary and Singapore.”
The DOW will crater, just one domino of several, and according [...]

On the east side of town, fifteen miles beyond the Chickasaw Bluffs, where the Chickasaw and Hernando de Soto once trod, beyond the mighty Mississippi and the dark, fertile Delta, the Caterpillar 854G diesel engine roars. Smoke billows from its 880 horsepower engine as the 200,000 pound machine lumbers across the land, pushing dirt [...]

I frequently feel as if I’m fighting for a hopeless cause. That ultimately, at least in my lifetime, the growth maniacs and economic cultists will win. Growth will continue unabated, more habitat will be lost, the planet will continue to warm, human populations will continue to expand and the whole damn planet will eventually look [...]

One of the reasons I love winter is that is signals the return of some of my favorite songbirds. Especially two species, the Pine and Prairie warblers.
Most warblers prefer the tropics in the winter, but many hang around the Mid-South, apparently finding our moderate winters and food supplies acceptable.
We have two birds, one of each [...]

Little River, Great Smoky Mountains
When I left East Tennessee seven years ago, it was a year too late. I was excited to be headed west, not quiet as far west as I wanted, but anything west of the Tennessee River seemed like an improvement.
Most of my reasons for leaving were business and financially related, although [...]

It’s been really shocking to see how the major media players and the two, dominant ruling parties work in unison to silence and attempt to eliminate the only two Presidential candidates talking about “change.” Real change.
And the reason, of course, is those groups don’t want change. They’re all doing pretty well with the status quo [...]