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.
Enough?
In a recent essay about how consumerism is ecocide, I introduced the topic of “enough,” that unless humanity can stem its seemingly... Continue
An ugly cost of green energy
As per usual, we’re rushing into adopting new technologies without considering the true costs or ramifications. The explicit order,... Continue
When the hypothetical becomes real
The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that a web designer is entitled to refuse to create a website for a same-sex... Continue
Turn on, tune in, be woke
Is today’s anti-woke movement just a continuation of the anti-hippie movement that began in the 1960s? At that time, the collision... Continue
Consciousness without intellect
In a previous column about consciousness, I proposed that it is a matter of degree, stretching from the microscopic to the macroscopic,... Continue
Universal me
Yesterday was one of those remarkable days. It suddenly hit me: I AM THE UNIVERSE. Now this realization might strike you as trite... Continue
Once upon a time
We love stories. As far as we know, human beings are the world’s only story tellers, although it’s possible that songs of the... Continue
Our fundamental confusion
All major religions include esoteric and exoteric expression. Esoteric is the inwardly manifesting, mystical dimension of religious... Continue
AI and the implicate order
Now that the age of AI – Artificial Intelligence – is upon us, so are fears of being replaced. Workers in disciplines as varied... Continue
On being neurotypical
Neurological function varies and past conceptions of “mental disorders” unfairly placed some people in pejorative categories.... Continue
