Joe Costello has decades experience in politics, energy, environment, and communications. Traveled and worked across the planet. Long a student of democracy, its demise, possible revitalization.
“Costello’s anatomy of the politics of technology is wonderful, strange, and urgent. He writes without jargon, probing hard but exciting questions about the relationship between technology and democracy, and demanding that we think, each for ourselves, and collectively. We are awash in trite essays on saving democracy; his work
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AVAILABLE NOW One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, ‘There’s Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place’: Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife "A year after the Klamath River was returned to its free-flowing state by way of the world’s largest-ever dam removal project, scientists say
NOW AVAILABLE “Costello’s anatomy of the politics of technology is wonderful, strange, and urgent. He writes without jargon, probing hard but exciting questions about the relationship between technology and democracy, and demanding that we think, each for ourselves, and collectively. We are awash in trite essays on saving democracy;
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom SUBSCRIBE Humor's more important than ever these days. Say what you will about Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, few would claim he's notable for his sense of humor. Yet, he dropped a great line yesterday. The city is opposing the illegal imposition of
SUBSCRIBE "To understand the true nature of the Roman empire we must abandon one of the most general and most widespread misconceptions, which teaches that Rome administered her provinces in a broad-minded spirit, consulting the general interest and adopting wide and beneficent principles of government for the good of
Up on the sun where it never rains or snows There's an ocean where the wind it never blows Interesting times when the elites of a society recognize their rule is under threat. Almost always, it's perceived as newly hatched, a recent event, or as a
SUBSCRIBE Way back twenty-five years ago, I saw Jane Goodall at a bookstore in Larkspur, CA. At the end of her talk someone asked her how she remained so energetic. She replied, “I eat as little as possible.” Always thought that was such a great answer, especially to a group
God love Jane Goodall, conservationist, scientist, citizen. “This particular time we’re living through, there’s too much lack of courage.”
Shot by both sides On the run to the outside of everything Shot by both sides They must have come to a secret understanding SUBSCRIBE Remember all those years ago when a new IEA (International Energy Agency) annual report was released and you'd spend hours pouring over it.
"They worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth