Poet and computer scientist Dale Pendell is the author of the award-winning Pharmako trilogy. His most recent book is Walking with Nobby: Conversations with Norman O. Brown. Dale writes from the Sierras in California. http://dalependell.com

Blog Entries by Dale Pendell

Bail Out The People: A Wild Idea Worth Taking Seriously

Posted December 4, 2008 | 04:25 PM (EST)


A recent article on bloomberg.com reports that the bailout of the financial sector will be over 7.7 trillion dollars. That's $55,000 for every US taxpayer. Since, as conservatives like to remind us, the taxpayer knows better how to use money than the government, if we want a truly effective...

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Obama Wins Third Manassas

Posted November 6, 2008 | 01:23 AM (EST)


Obama wins Third Manassas,
takes Virginia;
Pennsylvania key--
McCain's concession
From the Goldwater Room
echoes Lee
On the third day
at Gettysburg: "My fault."
And who but Obama
could quote
Lincoln
and pull it off?

Wounds.
Overcome.

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News: Anarchist to Vote!

3 Comments | Posted October 29, 2008 | 02:26 PM (EST)


This morning I awoke before dawn. I had been dreaming politics. The sky was pink and red in the east, and an owl was hooting -- a great horned, but young, with a high pitched voice. I had been dreaming politics -- action committees, meetings, proposals. I too have succumbed...

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