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Katrina | The Common Good

Filed under: Democracy | Essay | Katrina — by Katy Butler 09/6/2005 @ 9:36:00 PM

Ever since the neglected and cash-starved levees broke and Lake Pontchartrain spilled into the 9th Ward of New Orleans, I have been watching from the safety of my dry California … [Keep reading >>]

The Paradise of No

Filed under: FrontPage | Essay — by Katy Butler 08/16/2005 @ 9:47:00 PM

The Paradise of No.The Inner Summerhouse. It’s a midsummer morning. I sit in a glorified shed overlooking an estuary on the California coast, miles from my suburban … [Keep reading >>]

The Paradise of No.

Filed under: FrontPage | Essay — by Katy Butler 08/16/2005 @ 10:40:09 AM

The Inner Summerhouse.

It’s a midsummer morning. I sit in a glorified shed overlooking an estuary on the California coast, miles from my suburban home. In the pasture below me, black … [Keep reading >>]

Anti Torture

Organizing or Manipulating?

If you are moving people to act through truth and for truth, as you understand it, then you are organizing them. If you are moving them to act through deception, then you are manipulating them.

Fred Ross
Organizer