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Articles by me on the following subjects have been published by Huffington Post (and in various cases have appeared also on Alternet, Amazon, Common Dreams, Countercurrents, EnergyBulletin, and HistoryNewsNetwork):      Categories: ecology and energy, politics, military and foreign policy, drug policy, personal values ecology and energy: #05 the global crisis (a review of Bill McKibben, Eaarth) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/inconvenient-you-aint-see_b_561996.html http://www.countercurrents.org/comstock070510.htm http://www.energybulletin.net/52705 #06 geoengineering (a review of Eli Kintisch, Hack the Planet) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/hack-the-planet_b_586552.html http://www.amazon.com/review/R3QH1LVMG6SF0W #08 “The Other Half of the Geyser” (methane) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/the-other-half-of-the-gey_b_610588.html http://www.energybulletin.net/node/53106 #16 “When the Market Fails” (with reference to Robert L. Hirsch, The Impending World Energy Mess) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/when-the-market-fails_b_750273.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2010-10-05/when-market-fails #18 “Green Coal” (on James Fallows’ Atlantic article, “The Future of Clean Energy is Dirty Coal) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/green-coal_b_786661.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2010-11-24/green-coal #24 "Inner Greening" (a review of Carolyn Baker, Navigating the Coming Chaos) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/inner-greening_b_820504.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-02-17/inner-greening #26 “World on the Edge” (a review of Lester R. Brown’s book with this title) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/world-on-the-edge_b_831113.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-07/world-edge http://topics.treehugger.com/article/09XXe4kfPc7em       #29 “Where Elites Fail” (a report on Richard Heinberg’s commencement talk at Worcester Poly) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/exonn-richard-heinberg_b_864534.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-05-23/where-elites-fail #36 “The Quest for Connection” (a review of Daniel Yergin, The Quest:: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/the-quest-for-connection_b_999020.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-10-11/quest-connection       #37 “Reinventing Fire: A Vision for Our Energy Future”(a review of the book by Amory Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/reinventing-fire-review_b_1034216.html       #40 Strong Sustainability (largely on scenario planning done in NewZealand) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/new-zealand-sustainability_b_1258516.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-02-10/strong-sustainability politics: #02 “Citizen Diplomacy Where?” (Russia and beyond) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/citizen-diplomacy-where-p_b_534058.html #03 transpartisanship http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/citizen-diplomacy-where-p_b_535093.html #07 campaign to use 10 percent less gas http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/what-we-can-do-now-about_b_603245.html http://www.energybulletin.net/node/53033 #13 “Make Me Do It” (a dialogue on the “transformational leader) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/make-me-do-it_b_694823.html #15 “What Kind of Jobs?” (on the “local jobs agenda” of a candidate for county commissioner) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/what-kind-of-jobs_b_714902.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2010-09-14/what-kind-jobs #19 “The Transition Town Movement’s Initial Genius” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/the-transition-town-movem_b_788693.html http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/11/29-7 http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2010-11-29/transition-town-movements-initial-genius #21 "Will Our Species Survive Another Century?" (a thought-experiment http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/human-extinction_b_802510.html       #23 "Hunger for Change" (on the relation between revolt and the fraction of average household consumption spent on food) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/hunger-for-change_b_816624.html http://www.countercurrents.org/comstock030211.htm       #27 “After the American Dream” (on inequality, with reference to a paper by Norton & Ariely) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/after-the-american-dream_b_841699.html www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-29/after-american-dream       #31 “How Change Happened” (a review of Adam Hochschild, To End All Wars) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/how-change-happened_b_874575.html       #34 “In God We Trust; All Others, Bring Data!” (about misleading or absent statistics about levels of fighters abroad, money supply, unemployment, and oil reserves) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/in-god-we-trust-all-other_1_b_894910.html       #35 “Models for a Movement” (about the differences between past issues and global warming) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/models-for-a-movement_b_917469.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-08-04/models-movement military and foreign policy: #09 “A Nuclear Secret” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/a-nuclear-secret_b_618768.html http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/128221.html #10 “Causing What It’s Meant to Prevent” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/causing-what-its-meant-to_b_628619.html #14 “Out of Almost Everywhere?” (a review of anti-empire writers associated with TomDispatch) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/out-of-almost-everywhere_b_706785.html #30 “Tough” (a review of Frederick Kempe, Berlin, 1961) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/tough_b_867271.html http://www.onespot.wsj.com/politics/2011/05/26/.../craig-k-comstock-tough drug policy: #01 “Questions Coming Back to Life” (a review of books about the Sixties) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/questions-coming-back-to_b_487999.html #04 the 2010 conference of the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/psychedelic-science_b_547070.html http://www.alternet.org/drugs/146629/can_psychedelic_drugs_treat_ptsd http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=2313&fmt=page #12 “80% of Post-Traumatic Stress Sufferers Lost Symptoms After Taking Ecstasy--Study’s Results...” http://www.alternet.org/drugs/147624/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/psychedelic-medicine-usin_b_651280.html #32 “The Nutritional Cost of Birth Control Pills” (based on TV interview with nutritionist Ross Pelton) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/the-pill-and-what-else_b_877875.html (see author’s comments)       #39 “Guided Psychedelic Sessions” (a review of Jim Fadiman, The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/guided-psychedelic-sessio_b_1245413.html personal values: #11 “Are We Happy Yet?” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/are-we-happy-yet_b_648178.html http://www.energybulletin.net/node/53480 #17 “A Buddhist Vision of Life Beyond Consumerism” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/other-than-consumerism_b_772646.html http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2010-10-26/buddhist-vision-life-beyond-consumerism #20 "Eat on the Street" (a review of David Thompson, Thai Street Food) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/eat-on-the-street_b_792072.html #22 "Remembering a Buddhist Psychotherapy Pioneer" (on Ron Kurtz, founder of Hakomi therapy) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/a-buddhist-therapy_b_810779.html #25 "The Art of Making Science Dance" (a portfolio of photos, on the relationship between art and science) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/when-science-dances_b_824890.html       #28 “Welcoming Warriors Home: The Film” (directed by Kim Shelton, produced by Bill McMillan) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/welcoming-warriors-home-t_b_847858.html       #33 “A Life Told in Paint” (the Charlotte Salomon exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/charlotte-salomon-sanfran_b_886594.html #38 “A Feminist Treasure” (on Julienna Travers’ unpublished book, “the serpent & the storm god”) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/a-feminist-treasure_b_1171318.html #41 The Making of a Teacher (a review of Keith Martin-Smith’s biography of Zen Master JunPo Denis Kelly Roshi) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-k-comstock/the-making-of-a-teacher_b_1271985.html