Intelligence for Thinking People

Reporting and analysis on rural politics, policy, people, and places.

Better than a blog? I don't know. But I always hated the word "blog." If you'd like to subscribe, the orphans I support would love it.

ExxonKnews shines a light on the fossil fuel industry and climate accountability.

Writing about confluence of agriculture and environment from the heart of the big ag beast here in Iowa

Exploring a utopian future through essay collections and print pamphlets.

Don't drag your orchestra into this thing

Independent accountability journalism.

Explaining how the world we live in came to be through the work of a dead novelist who was also an Honorary Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London.

Tracking the continuities, departures and permutations of the War on Terror.