Charles Dickey - Yahoo! Voices

Economic Collapse Could Lead to a Practice of Responsible, Diversified Economies

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:27:00 EDT

Drawing attention to alternatives to propping up a decaying and dysfunctional globalized economics of greed and abuse..

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Sep 25, 2008

Dog Fight at the Economic Corral

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:14:32 EDT

Speculative metaphors, caricatures, and some information on the meltdown of speculative economics.

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Sep 22, 2008

The Business and Celebrity of American Politics

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:17:34 EDT

Editorial essay about the unnecessary violence and violations employed by police at the RNC in St. Paul

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Sep 05, 2008

The Fall of Industrialism and the Return of Humanity

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:25:49 EDT

A short essay on the gigantic problem of industrial civilization, with general suggestions to work towards human-scale technologies, meaningful work, and communities.

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Aug 06, 2008

Peak Oil and Power Down

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:01:09 EDT

Editorial and suggestions on getting along in a post-fossil-fuel world.

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Jul 15, 2008

Peak Everything

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:02:45 EDT

A basic overview of and thoughts on peak oil, coal, natural gas, and the prospects of the future of the Earth, with amusing anecdotes.

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Jul 14, 2008

Local Youths Practice Parkbench Poetry

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:29:15 EDT

Could there be a link between mild recreational drug use and creativity? A brief look at the local youth and a consideration of drug-fueled and drug-aggrandizing poetries.

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Jun 24, 2008

Dungeon Runners: Laugh Your Way Through the Grind

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:59:57 EDT

An offbeat, quirky review of the MMORPG, with a cocked eye towards the social implications of hack-n-slash gaming, and the possible racist undertones of killing orcs in the name of goodness, purity, and apple pie.

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Jun 23, 2008

Natural Mosquito Repellent

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:43:40 EDT

Natural plant-based alternatives to DEET and other potentially harmful insect repellents, plus references to a couple of marketed all-natural mosquito repellents.

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Jun 13, 2008

Insane Winter Washington Weather in Summer

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Charles Dickey) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:57:14 EDT

Snow. Squishy, fluffy, sticking summer snow. It's all melted off now, but for four hours this morning, the town of Pullman, Washington suffered frozen confusion as snow fell and accumulated on green leafy trees and verdant grass.

Contributor: Charles Dickey
Published: Jun 10, 2008