Archive for the 'Politics' Category

International Roma Day

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

On my way in to work

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, April 7th, 2008

Public relations professionals and other goddamned liars

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Save the Desert Cahuilla Prehistoric Area

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, February 8th, 2008

Killing whales for empire

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Close the San Francisco Zoo

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, December 27th, 2007

The Lost Country, part one

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Kessler Peak

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, November 12th, 2007

This is our Bay

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, November 8th, 2007

This is why…

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Zahra al-Azzo

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

These hills I see have names I’ll never know

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Green fire

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

For example, consider the Cooper’s hawk…

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Nature writing

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Quality of Whose Life, Again?

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Cynicism

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

The lyrebird sings the sounds of its own ending

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, August 5th, 2007

A paean to Charles Simic to note his getting a new job

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, August 3rd, 2007

What really bothers the creationists

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Useless Arithmetic

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Some names are just too common

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Late-breaking huayno news

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Timeline

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Racism and old dinosaurs

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, October 9th, 2006

Huayno

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Speaking of the old unclear antecedent problem

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Immigration and the environment, continued

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

San Joaquin salmon

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Keep Manhattan, just gimme that countryside

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Hang up and drive

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Thus I refute Walt Whitman, again

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

Kisses

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, July 31st, 2006

The Border Patrol bit

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Low and be holed

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, July 16th, 2006

Save the Australian lungfish

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, July 14th, 2006

Monsoons indeed!

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, July 7th, 2006

The border fence

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

At the mile mark

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, April 30th, 2006

On the thirtieth anniversary of a suicide

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, April 9th, 2006

Sake

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

The world is a carousel of color

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Shanidar

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, March 20th, 2006

Eco Nomics

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, March 20th, 2006

The rape of the earth

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Unbelievably wrong natural history observation of the week

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

Ivanpah

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, January 27th, 2006

Coffee

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, January 20th, 2006

Sentinel Cave

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, January 19th, 2006

One must imagine Sisyphus happy

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Crown clade of Creation

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

Water

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Saturday, December 31st, 2005

No adjournment

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Corn

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, December 16th, 2005

Tookie

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, December 12th, 2005

The Natural History of Western Trees

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

The year we lost the deserts

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, September 23rd, 2005

Were there justice

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, September 15th, 2005

Look for more stories like this to come

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

Burning man

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, August 22nd, 2005

Luna llena

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, August 21st, 2005

A Picture’s Worth…

Posted by: Stephanie on Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

A public service announcement

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Catching up

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, August 7th, 2005

Herbs and insults

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, July 28th, 2005

The Johnson-Goldwater joke gains new life

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Wagging the doggerel

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

On John Roberts

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

Terror and clear thinking

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, July 13th, 2005

London

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, July 7th, 2005

Questions

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, July 3rd, 2005

Excuse me, Christian Coalition?

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

No title strong enough

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

new blog alert

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

Summing vectors

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, May 30th, 2005

In memoriam

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, May 27th, 2005

Wabi-sabi

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Creationism by increment

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

My truck really needs one of these

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, May 8th, 2005

Nuance

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, April 14th, 2005

Google search string du jour

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

Andrea Dworkin, 1946-2005

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, April 12th, 2005

On invasions and exotics and natives

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, April 4th, 2005

Shikataganai? No-No!

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Arrrggghhh!

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, March 20th, 2005

Infamy and, um, famy

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, March 16th, 2005

Te faltamos, Victor

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, March 10th, 2005

Another devastating link

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

Without resting in justice, there is no resting in peace

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, March 3rd, 2005

More moonbat bidness

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005

Thomas Franks, white courtesy phone.

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005

A token of my affection for my fellow moonbats

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, February 28th, 2005

Quote of the day

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, February 28th, 2005

A warm welcome to both of David Horowitz’s readers!

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, February 27th, 2005

A lesson that bears repeating

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, February 24th, 2005

Next thing you know they’ll be appointing a torturer to head the Justice Department

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, February 24th, 2005

Moreowitz

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, February 18th, 2005

Speaking of Horowitz

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, February 18th, 2005

He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to vote Republican

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, February 17th, 2005

D’oh!

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, February 15th, 2005

Quote of the day

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, February 14th, 2005

Orcinus weighs in

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, February 13th, 2005

A little inside information on the Beltway scandal du jour

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, February 11th, 2005

Oh Lord, now he’s quoting French Philosophers

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, February 10th, 2005

I am Ward Churchill

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, February 7th, 2005

Facts

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, February 4th, 2005

In case you thought I was blowing things out of proportion

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, January 12th, 2005

We all fall down

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

Political tactic du jour

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, January 7th, 2005

Air America

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, January 7th, 2005

Ruination rumination

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, December 31st, 2004

I support our troops

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Saturday, December 11th, 2004

Critical thinking

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, December 7th, 2004

And bad news

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, December 3rd, 2004

Good, if fake, news

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, December 2nd, 2004

Broadway and Sansome

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, November 29th, 2004

More values

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, November 25th, 2004

A notice to Chris Clarke’s readers

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, November 24th, 2004

Time constraints

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, November 22nd, 2004

Liberals are arrogant elitists

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, November 19th, 2004

Pleased and honored

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, November 15th, 2004

Values

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, November 8th, 2004

Correlation is not causality, part 672

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, November 8th, 2004

Fluffy Bunny!

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Saturday, November 6th, 2004

The fluffy bunny stuff will resume soon, I promise

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, November 5th, 2004

Bush policy explained

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, November 5th, 2004

Civility

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, November 4th, 2004

Mandates now illegal in 11 states

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

First response

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

After the election’s over

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, November 1st, 2004

More smirking liars

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, October 29th, 2004

Caring and sharing

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, October 26th, 2004

Wendell Berry Kicks Ass

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

I support our troops

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, October 15th, 2004

Tom

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, October 12th, 2004

Couture suggestion

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, October 11th, 2004

Count me as reassured…

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, October 8th, 2004

The creek mouth

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Saturday, September 25th, 2004

Fatherland and Son

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, September 23rd, 2004

Too good to leave in the comments

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004

Attack of the zygotes

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, September 20th, 2004

Outside the Hyatt

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, September 17th, 2004

Today’s word

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, September 17th, 2004

Burning Man

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, September 16th, 2004

Before you go any further

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, September 15th, 2004

Pointer

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, September 13th, 2004

A note from out there

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, September 13th, 2004

Profit and loss

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Saturday, September 11th, 2004

Beneath the pavingstones, the garlic eggplant

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, September 8th, 2004

J. Edgar Idiot

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, September 6th, 2004

Comfort food

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, August 11th, 2004

Nader: insane?

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, July 18th, 2004

Meme of the week

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

Plant him face down to speed him on his way

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, June 16th, 2004

A strong arm

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, May 26th, 2004

Quote of the day

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, May 17th, 2004

Stained glass, stained hands

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, April 22nd, 2004

No event too tragic…

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, April 15th, 2004

The anatomy of hypocrisy

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, April 9th, 2004

On the bombing of mosques

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, April 8th, 2004

From the mailbag

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, March 17th, 2004

Sex site of the day

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, March 16th, 2004

Time for a haircut

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004

Awash in the blood of the lamb

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Saturday, February 28th, 2004

Subversive nuance

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, February 27th, 2004

OK, so this one’s political too

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, February 23rd, 2004

Brief political interlude

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, February 22nd, 2004

Whatever

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, February 16th, 2004

The illusion of safety

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, February 6th, 2004

Reading the land scrapes of America

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, February 4th, 2004

Reason and art

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004

I’m going to hell

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, January 29th, 2004

Life in Berkeley

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Sunday, January 25th, 2004

Stray political post

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Thursday, December 4th, 2003

More happy fun thoughts on despair

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, November 19th, 2003

Despair

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Monday, November 17th, 2003

Of note

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, October 15th, 2003

Pelecanus occidentalis

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Tuesday, October 14th, 2003

Depression

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Friday, July 25th, 2003

Suburbs

Posted by: Chris Clarke on Wednesday, July 16th, 2003