I have just left Black Rock City, the site of Burning Man, a yearly arts festival and temporary autonomous zone based on radical self-expression, and find myself in the paradoxical situation of being inspired to give written form to things …
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Obituary for Dr. Albert Hofmann
by PanDoor
Fifth Estate # 378, Summer 2008
When I was first asked to write an obituary in the Fifth Estate for Dr. Albert Hofmann, who passed away on April 29, I felt conflicted. I was not wrestling with how to reconcile his contributions to neurochemistry and the …
Cyber Pirates Clash with Empire On the Internet’s Digital High Seas
by PanDoor
Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009
The week of April 12 was a very bad one for pirates. It began that Sunday when Navy SEALs executed three pirates off the coast of Somalia who had captured an American ship’s captain. For days, the “daring” rescue dominated …
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