Author Archives: Jeff Kisling

The Guardian newspaper has a project called Keep It In the Ground.  Here is the latest topic: Carbon Bombs This is crucial to understand and help with if we are going to avoid death by CO2.  There is a years long … Continue reading →

Recent news describes new and extensive military style surveillance and techniques to deal with (attack) protestors.  Maybe the unrest around police brutality could give us a way to head some of this off. The program to supply police departments with military … Continue reading →

What do we do? Ferguson and Baltimore are the most visible signs of the underlying issues of widespread injustice in America. Money has purchased our political system, the media, and continues to fund the military at unconscionable levels, block all … Continue reading →

My friend Jim Poyser, Director of Earth Charter Indiana, made me aware of this exhibit of kids’ butterflies at the Artsgarden, downtown Indianapolis. He got me down there by complaining that the lighting was difficult–knowing by now I have a … Continue reading →

I was in Iowa this past weekend, attending Midyear Meeting of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) at my home (Quaker) meeting, Bear Creek, north of Earlham.  First Day morning Russ Leckband handed me this sign, which is from the concert Willie Nelson … Continue reading →

Indiana is in the spotlight at the moment, with the uproar over the recently passed, and ‘fixed’, Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).  When even legal scholars say that RFRAs are complex and difficult to understand, I’m not even going to … Continue reading →

Indiana Religious Discrimination Demonstration Photos The attempts at manipulating the public around the issue of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) have exposed dangers that extend beyond this legislation.  Supporters of this bill, including the Governor, have lied to us … Continue reading →