http://swans.com/ Swans Commentary Swans Commentary - As always, please form your OWN opinion, and let your friends (and foes) know about Swans. en Mon, 06 May 2013 02:54:48 GMT 0124567891011121314151617181920212223 1 daily 2012-01-01T03:00+00:00 1440 sburke@cpan.org http://interglacial.com/d/about_rss/1day#_yes_this_means_YOU http://interglacial.com/rss/swans.rss http://interglacial.com/rss/swans.pl swanscomm Boom And Bust In North Dakota http://swans.com/library/art19/glennr18.html Boom And Bust In North Dakota  ·  by Glenn Reed  ·  The oil and natural gas boom is rapidly altering North Dakota's landscape. Incarceration Illustrated http://swans.com/library/art19/pbuhle29.html Incarceration Illustrated  ·  by Paul Buhle  ·  Race to Incarcerate: a Graphic Retelling is a brilliant illustration of the kind of democracy that has increasingly incarcerated its citizens through politics, profits, and fear -- forget rehabilitation. The Macrobiotic Faithful http://swans.com/library/art19/barker131.html The Macrobiotic Faithful  ·  (Part II of III) by Michael Barker  ·  Part II of a critique of George Ohsawa's Taoist-inspired macrobiotics. Blips #135 http://swans.com/library/art19/desk135.html Blips #135  ·  by Gilles d'Aymery  ·  A few selected issues that landed on the Editor's desk, from the Boston marathon massacre and the reactionary conspiracists who reacted similarly to the Newtown shootings and 9/11; the futility of answering irrationality with rationality when more guns are always the answer; to Murphy's Law and recurring local problems, and more. Our Germans http://swans.com/library/art19/pbyrne206.html Our Germans  ·  by Peter Byrne  ·  A short story on getting to know the Germans through different eyes, including the Italian Neorealist filmmakers. Everybody's Berlin http://swans.com/library/art19/pbyrne207.html Everybody's Berlin  ·  by Peter Byrne  ·  After his recent visit to Berlin, the author considers the real and the fantasy city. Hector Abad's Memoir: Oblivion http://swans.com/library/art19/rajup75.html Hector Abad's Memoir: Oblivion  ·  by Raju Peddada  ·  On the death of a father and Hector Abad's searing memoir on the subject, Oblivion. as if a dream http://swans.com/library/art19/gmonte161.html as if a dream  ·  by Guido Monte  ·  Guido Monte runs through his night thoughts, as if in a dream. Letters http://swans.com/library/art19/letter262.html Letters  ·  On Jan Baughman's article on gun control and child victims, and the butterfly effect of the chaos rippling through the French economy, psyche, and presidency.