Jungle Bloggers

David P. Kronmiller, Editor-In-Chief
Notes from the Jungle
Joyce Chen Blogging from New York.
Tharuna Devchand Blogging from South Africa.
Sarah Jawaid
Blogging from Washington, D.C.
J Lampinen
Our resident comic strip, Congo & Steve
Jeremy Olsen
Director of Development and occasional commentator.
Dan Rickabus
On things musical.

Plus past staff and guest writers, including J Day, Scott Martin, and Bronson Picket.

New home, old home.

This is our new home. For past video, audio, and blogs, you can still visit:
the previous incarnation of the Avocado Jungle.
February 17, 2010, at 7:00 am — Audio | Blogs | audio podcast / / /

On government: You are what you think you are

Our government in the form of law enforcement and committees is often vilified. It’s “The Man,” the cultural stick in the mud, the overbearing control that people must rise up against. Call it what you will, but the government as it is often viewed today has a foreboding quality to it, a “Big Brother” kind of blank-face authority that heartlessly implements rules in order to put a damper on free will. This is, however, where definition is often misconstrued and perception misaligned. Podcast available.

April 20, 2009, at 12:00 pm — Audio | Blogs | audio podcast / / / /

Vandana Shiva: A Soul Sister

Especially with environmental activism, the issues are so expansive that our efforts feel like a drop in the ocean. Even legitimacy in the eyes of policy-makers can be hard to attain. It is fair to say that Shiva faced a lot of opposition from people who didn’t share her world-view. But at the end of the day, she followed her conscience and she continues to do so. Podcast available.

April 8, 2009, at 12:00 pm — Blogs / / / /

One woman: Rachael Corrie

Late fall of 2006, I went to see an off-Broadway play called Hello, My Name Is Rachael Corrie not realizing what the subject matter was. I came away from that evening’s performance more moved, speechless and horrified than I can ever recall having reacted to a show.