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The Narrow Frame of Modern Athletics - 14 Aug 2008
The Beijing Olympics are in full swing, and Michael Phelps is getting a lot of hype as the greatest Olympian ever, i.e. having won the most career gold medals, as well as shattering a lot of world records for speed. Seeing the attention paid to Olympic sports and herculean athletic feats, and to Tiger [...]
Read Full Post »Body Beyond Civilization, Part 1: The Modern Body - 07 Jul 2008
Welcome to our new contributing author, Pathfinder. See a short bio of Pathfinder on the About page.
Being a modern alternative medicine practitioner in modern day America, one of the biggest challenges you face is that ultimately what is at the root of what is wrong with almost all of your patients is that they [...]
Anarcho-Herbalism - 26 Mar 2008
This essay has been floating around for awhile, but it seems very apropos to this blog so I think it’s appropriate to repost it here.
This is Anarcho-Herbalism
Thoughts On Health and Healing For the Revolution
by Laurel Luddite (used by permission of the author)
My medicine chest is a council of bioregions, with representatives gathered together as I [...]
The Future of Medicine - 18 Feb 2008
Why is this whole Health Beyond Civilization theme so important?
Two reasons. First, if you’re reading this, you probably share the assumption, or are concerned about the possibility, that modern industrial civilization has reached its apex, because the oil supply on which it is based is now at a plateau or declining even while population [...]