One Troll, many names…

One Troll, many names…Originally uploaded by Insurgent A couple days ago, I noticed a couple comments came in with different names, but the same e-mail address. Curious, I decided to search his or her IP address in my comments log and discovered that he or she had made over 85 different comments under dozens of [...]

The Fight for Clean Energy

click here to download As I got on BART on my way home from work tonight the woman behind me suggested that I look a lot like “Josh Wolf,” and a conversation quickly developed as we travelled into San Francisco. Her name is Poonam and she explained to me about how she and the rest [...]

What to do with trolling commenters?

(taken from Thiassi’s image gallery at wrightwoodcalif.com) After receiving Thassi’s recent comment: Heather, you’ve clearly got some nasty, sharp sand in your vagina, and I’m sorry for that. But I don’t think Josh’s 100+ days of salid tossing is an accomplishment. But soon myslef and everyone else will forget all about Josh, and this will [...]

HerbBlock Freedom Award Speech

At the request of Heather who made a comment on my last post, I have posted the draft of my acceptance speech for the HerbBlock Freedom Award which was given to me by the National Newspapers Guild. The actual speech I delivered was significantly different from the text that follows and was essentially ad-libbed. I [...]

Happy World Press Freedom Day!

Here I am this morning on a DC rooftop. Today is World Press Freedom Day! In recognition of the historical day there are various activities scheduled all over the world to celebrate the various press freedoms we have achieved in certain countries, but also to reflect on the decline of journalist rights throughout much of [...]

First Month of Freedom

Well I’ve been out in the “free world” for just about a month now. It’s certainly been an interesting experience getting back to the world that I had to leave for a while. To be honest, I’m not quite back to where I was before I first went to Dublin back in August, but I’m [...]