Growing Solutions for Healthy Soil
Every Horse Lover Knows You Can Bring a Horse to Water, but You Can’t Make Him Drink. Horses will drink when they are thirsty, and students will learn when they have need of knowledge. Public Education is Built on the False Premise that We Can Make Unwilling Students Learn. In 1992, I left public education … Read more
In the late 19th century, Americans from all walks of life recognized the value of a good education as the foundation of a free society. Â It seemed self evident that basic skills like reading, writing, and math were skills that separated the rich from the poor. Â Access to education promised a key to upward mobility. … Read more
Why Fungi Represent the Circle of Life People look at me funny when I say that fungi are the circle of life. Comments range from the disinterested, “Yeah, right.  Whatever,” to the challenging “What are you talking about?” Well, here is what I am talking about. Fungi, particularly microfungi, the kind you need a microscope … Read more
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me. Â Matthew 25:40-45 American Standard Version. Â Social norms, various laws, and widely shared ethics prevent most of us from killing other human beings. Animal lovers and certain vegans object to the … Read more
Illness changes the way a person views the world. I’ve spent much of my life following “scientific principles”  and “medically approved recommendations” for health management and diet.  I always trusted public education to provide information that is helpful to individual citizens.  Remarkably, the only times I’ve reversed any long term illness have been the times … Read more
May the world order now dawning reverse our values, that we may begin to place: health above wealth probiotic above antibiotic natural above synthetic diversity above conformity and evolution by symbiosis above survival of the fittest.