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PAUL E NELSON

Chronicling Left Egalitarianism

The tab for a certain online newspaper article has been open on my browser since about April 15, when it was published. I moved it over from #3 to #36 today (yep, 36 tabs open right now) and have not closed it since. The article hits a nerve with me, starting with the...

Left, Egalitarian Validation

How do you know if someone is a vegan? They’ll tell you. I’m not a vegan, but when I first heard the phrase Left Egalitarian, it registered as quite accurate to describe my politics. (I’ve linked to that Feb 10, 2016 Benjamin Studebaker post a couple...

1992 Peter Berg Interview

I was a rookie interviewer in 1992, when I had the good fortune to be able to interview Peter Berg of the Planet Drum Foundation about the concept of bioregionalism. When I listen back to the audio, I wince, at the affectation and the inexperience I had at the time,...

Writing Projects

Am preparing for my first featured reading in a while, Tuesday night, October 1 at 7pm at the Duvall Visitors Center, 15619 Main Street, Duvall, WA. (See this site.) I am to read for 25-30 minutes and, rather than structure the whole reading, I am going to try to...