• New EIR for 2nd + PCH Proposal Is Now Public

    *Originally Published 2011, Long Beach, CA Long Beach – The second environmental impact report for the largest coastal project in memory to impact Belmont Shore-Naples. The proposed condo tower, 100-room hotel, shopping and theater complex called 2nd + PCH had to undergo a redone environmental impact report, and a year after the first one, the…

  • Whose land is it, when more than one Indigenous Nation lays Claim and acknowledges it as their own?

    MINNEAPOLIS — A Land Acknowledgment paying homage to indigenous people, resonates profoundly in the context of Granite Valley v. Jackpot Junction. The question reverbates as to whose land is it, when more than one Indigenous nation lays claim and acknowledges it as their own. Both parties remained firm in their right to ownership of hallowed…

  • A Modern Sun Also Rises: Reflections on Don and Stormy

    A tribute to the 98th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s, “The Sun Also Rises,” on July 21, 2024 Reminiscent of the profound themes explored in Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump share a relationship that echoes disillusionment and loss of innocence. The shared societal consciousness resonating through our culture is still…

  • About Me (2)

    The Cave “What is it that you do?” “I write and I go to school.” “What are you ever going to do with that?” “I’d imagine the typical things that people do.” “Are you trying to be snooty?” “Snooty? That sounds fun! I’d like to be. How can I get more snooty?” “This conversation is over.”…

  • The Autobiography of Tom West

    *Originally Published in The Statesman (2002), Stony Brook, NY Note to Reader: To begin addressing what a beach rat is there needs to be an understanding of its etymology. To be a beach rat isn’t necessarily the literal definition of beach and rat, instead it’s actually a metaphor; like an autobiography written about me, through…