Welcome to Journey to the East home page,having to do
with the eclectic exploits and musings of yours truly, Stan Kahn
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Y3K Order a copy from Wingspan Press
also available at other online bookstores
Read Introit and First Three Chapters
Y3K is primarily a look back from the year 2999 at the world’s
looming social/ecological crisis from the viewpoint of Max and
his extended family; thirtieth century hippie communards. Inspired by my own five years of living communally, the beginning of the book unveils an evolved form of that lifestyle in the old growth forests of America’s Pacific Northwest. |
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Parallel
U - Living and Working in
Slice of Life
If you really can’t get
enough of this
And there's more. I've recently written three articles for a Cambo-expat-oriented magazine called Bayon Pearnik on buying, owning and driving a car in Cambodia.
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New Market, Phnom Penh
Overloaded Pickup, Rural Cambodia |
The Blog Has Arrived - Go to stansrant.blogspot.com to read more
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Latest Entries
Slavering at the Public Coffers October 15, 2008
In the latest twist to the sordid saga of hat-in-hand bankers slavering at the public coffers, central banks in England, France and Germany, for starters, are now guaranteeing loans between banks. According to conventional economic wisdom - the very same ‘wisdom’ that got us into this mess, I might add – if banks can’t lend to each other, they won’t have the money to lend to Average Joe, or his corner candy store, so he and small business, will, in turn, suffer.
The Financial World is Going to Shit Before Our Very Eyes October 13, 2008
And it’s all happening so fast. A spark ignited in the US has turned into a world-engulfing wildfire. I was surprised at the ferocity at which it attacked European banks, who I assumed were less insanely greedy while subject to greater public restraint, but it seems they either bought into America’s toxic assets directly or copied the same shenanigans. They’ve also been hit with declining property markets – 16 of the world’s developed nations still have overvalued real estate – resulting in far less equity than they had assumed and the need to hoard resources.
Repugs Save the Day October 2, 2008
I thought they were good for nothing, but here they’ve saved the Dems from their congenitally capitulative need to worship at the feet of the Bush.
Leading Democrat David Obey, in reference to the Repugs failure to back the bailout, summed up the problem thusly, “these guys would rather lose an economy than lose an election”. Within that little statement is a grand assumption – that the $700 billion will actually do the job – and a slap at Democracy – signifying how far the Dems have gotten from the real world.
JOURNEY TO
THE EAST
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North of Kathmandu at 13,000 feet
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Goa, on India's West Coast |
Guangxi Province |
FAR OUT AND AWAY On the Asia Travelers Trail - 1992
First time out at the age of fifty, join me on a year's journey through eight countries.
GLOBAL
DEMOCRATIC
This is somewhat dated after
12
years, but the essence is the same: We will eventually have a single
world
government.
Introduction,
Table of Contents and Chapter 1. The Inspiration
Instant Runoff Voting for Oregon
Fair
Vote Oregon
STRUCTURAL LEGISLATIVE REFORM
Ideas for a radical restructuring of America's electoral systems
STAN
KAHN for District 14 November
1998
Oregon State House of Representatives Pacific Green Party
ELECTORAL
CHANGES
submitted to the 1999 Oregon
Legislature
And finally a few favorite
Links
stan at tripeast . com(put them together to send an email; they’ve been separated to foil email spammers)