KPFTThresholds.com

Water and the public welfare

greiter — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:53:34 +0000

Who speaks for public resources, such as our state parks, bayous, and bays? George and John discuss with Jim Blackburn, leading environmental lawyer in Texas, the need for water rights for public resources such as Galveston Bay, the legal system that allocates water in Texas and the Southwest, the monetary value to the state of the the bays, and the proposed wildlife recreation area on the Texas Gulf coast. We return also to the theme “Is capitalism flexible enough get us out of the ecological crisis we face?”

More on healing from the damage of the past

greiter — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:22:20 +0000

John continues the interview with George on the practice of Re-evaluation counseling.

Listening out the pain of the past

greiter — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:37:52 +0000

John interviews George about his means of staying the genius that he is. George describes the listening practice he has been involved in for years, Reevaluation Counseling.

Solar power from the moon:Yes, really.

greiter — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:22:17 +0000

George interviews David Criswell, retired Professor of Physics at the University of Houston and former director of the Institute for Space Systems Operations there, about the possibility of beaming back microwave power from the moon to provide for every person on the planet electricity at the same levels as presently used in the US. A practical solution for the energy needs of humanity for the indefinite future that won’t pollute the planet or destabilize the atmosphere, at a cost of about the US military budget for one year.

Circumcision and other matters

greiter — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:30:28 +0000

George makes the case against circumcising boys.

Greg Palast on vulture capitalism

greiter — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:09:02 +0000

George interviews Greg Palast about his new book, Vultures Picnic:In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High Finance Carnivores. Greg fills in the details on BP’s role in oil spills from the Exxon Valdez in Alaska to blowouts in the Caspian Sea.

Passing on the pain

greiter — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:14:11 +0000

a video of an adult “disciplining” a child with corporal punishment and “boot camp” regimen

Corporal Punishment as experienced by children

greiter — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:35:28 +0000

From “this HURTS ME more than it hurts you”, Nadine Block and Madeleine Y. Gomez, published by the Center for ffective Discipline

Occupy Houston!

greiter — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:29:31 +0000

John and George discuss the Occupy Houston movement, on the first day of the occupation, the political corruption in Texas and elsewhere that it is protesting, and the possibilities for the movement in the long run to transform our society.

Sense and nonsense about climate change

greiter — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:58:19 +0000

George and John discuss the attack on the science that led the UN appointed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to conclude that the warming observed is caused by human activity, as part of a broader attack on science itself as a way of knowing reality.