Public Citizen ~ Larry Barnett

Larry Barnett Larry Barnett lives in Sonoma where he was elected to three terms on the City Council and served twice as Mayor. A thirty-three-year resident, he currently serves as Chair of Sonoma's Planning Commission. He has been married for 48 years, has two daughters and three grandchildren.

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Perfecting my disappearing act

Posted on January 29, 2024
Perfecting my disappearing act

Life on earth is very, very old, a couple of billion years, at least, and nearly all the creatures that have ever lived have disappeared.... Continue

Of mind and meat

Posted on January 22, 2024
Of mind and meat

The mind/body split is quite a persistent delusion, even though the two are inseparably bound. In a supreme act of imagination, “I... Continue

Getting ready for anything

Posted on January 15, 2024
Getting ready for anything

My friend Richard Reoch recently lost his wife of 50 years. That experience prompted him to write the following about getting ready... Continue

Health and science denial

Posted on January 8, 2024
Health and science denial

“We see that in modern times many stones lack the virtues formerly attributed to them.”      – Petrus Garsias Episcopus,... Continue

Freedom, first and last

Posted on December 25, 2023
Freedom, first and last

At the subatomic, quantum level upon which all physical matter appears to be built is freedom, probabilistic indeterminacy that manifests... Continue

Systems of self-propagation

Posted on December 18, 2023
Systems of self-propagation

Does the universe self-organize into self-propagating systems? Are systems created by human beings self-propagating? The answers to... Continue

Woe is democracy

Posted on December 11, 2023
Woe is democracy

There’s a lot of talk nowadays about democracy. The threat of authoritarian government is rising, even in the good ole’ U.S. of... Continue

Rushing towards oblivion

Posted on December 1, 2023
Rushing towards oblivion

It’s easy to get wrapped up in the endless problems of the world; things always seem to be in turmoil. War, hunger, bigotry, Fascism,... Continue

Rise of the machines

Posted on November 22, 2023
Rise of the machines

Of the elements of the Industrial Revolution (1760-1830), the development of interchangeable parts was among its most significant.... Continue

The authoritarian magic helper

Posted on November 15, 2023
The authoritarian magic helper

“Escape From Freedom” is a 1941 book by the psychiatrist Erich Fromm. If I’d read it twenty years ago, I’d have found it an... Continue


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