It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. Who said this? "When the president was elected, everyone was looking for a breath of fresh air -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- for the good of the country we wanted a bipartisan effort. We were all so weary of partisan trench warfare, and now it is deeper than ever. The president's agenda has been so different from his campaign rhetoric. He is pushing an extreme agenda, from the abandonment of Kyoto, to banning access to abortions for service members overseas." - Senator Lincoln Chafee, Republican of Rhode Island (Source: Salon, March 26, 2004) Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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