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February 20, 2012 - Have you seen that picture of the Amazon that looks like it ought to be captioned "Iowa Farmland?"  It's been awhile since I saw it, but it's difficult to forget my dumbfounded surprise when I realized it was actually a picture of the Amazon rainforest.  I recall lovely rows of something being grown - it was resplendently green - with a pathetic patch of forest, growing so avidly it broke the heart to see its eagerness, having been beaten back into a corner of the picture.  My gosh, didn't my soul just ache.  If it were possible to take a picture of avarice, that surely was it.  What a loss, what a loss, what a loss. All the more reason, then, for the rest of the world to take care of their forest heritage.  I have good news to share on that point, good in more ways than one.  A federal appeals court in Denver has refused to review the Clinton administration's rule barring most logging and road building in nearly 60 mill...

February 7, 2011 – Lest anyone think that last week’s wandering diatribe was this blogger’s way of saying “it’s time to give up,” it’s time, instead, to correct that misapprehension right away. Diatribe it may have been, truth it certainly was. But life on this beautiful planet is worth fighting for, so you will never read the words “give up” on this blog. Do all you can to mitigate global warming, starting with the immediate planting of as many trees as you can get your hands on. Burn as little in the way of fossil fuels, directly or indirectly, as you can. Demonstrate against the shipment of coal to China (yes, plans are underway in the state of Washington to do that very thing). And yes, prayer would be a good idea. We have the privilege of being G-d’s partners. Let’s start shouldering our part of the burden. Have you seen the movie The Miracle Worker? Annie Sullivan is hired by Helen Keller’s desperate family, and tasked with finding a way to communicate with their deaf, d...