User:RepublicanJacobite
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[edit] BackgroundI am an American science fiction writer of Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Flemish, Alsatian, Bavarian, Cajun, and Cherokee descent. I have lived and/or travelled all over the United States and Canada, from Chicago to New Orleans, Boston to San Francisco, New York City to Los Angeles, Toronto to Eugene, Oregon. I currently live somewhere close to the middle, but that's as specific as I'll get. Eventually, I would like to settle in either New Orleans (probably in Algiers) or somewhere in the southwest of Ireland (probably in County Kerry), both of which are near the top of my list of favorite places in the world. [edit] InterestsMy areas of study and interest are quite diverse (many, though not all, of them can be seen in the userboxes to the right), and my hope and intention (time permitting) is to contribute to a great many articles on these topics. [edit] "...these are a few of my favorite things..."
[edit] DecentralismI recently began work on a Decentralism ([[1]]) article, which will detail the history of the political philosophy of devolution, secession, community and regional empowerment, etc., advocated by such individuals as E. F. Schumacher, Leopold Kohr, Ivan Illich, Lewis Mumford, and Ralph Borsodi et al. At some point (hopefully sooner rather than later), articles are needed on a few other vitally important 20th century American decentralists: Bob Swann and Mildred Loomis (both of whom were students and associates of Borsodi, Loomis later taking over The School of Living), as well as C. George Benello and Susan Witt (currently Executive Director of the E. F. Schumacher Society). Likewise, the article about Herbert Agar is just a stub, and talks only of his work as a journalist. Nothing is mentioned of him as a radical agrarian, decentralist, "reactionary radical" (as Bill Kauffman would say), etc. This needs to be addressed. The Gene Logsdon article is also in need of a lot of work. I recently moved "back to the land" to back-to-the-land movement, which makes more sense to me. But, that article still needs a lot of work. Some related articles that need work, and may need to be merged: self-sufficiency, simple living, and sustainable living. Looking at the Second Vermont Republic article, I see that there are no articles about Frank Bryan or John McClaughry, or the book the two men authored together The Vermont Papers: Recreating Democracy on a Human Scale, so that is something I should address at some point in the future. Some related work needs to be done in the Regionalism article, which is currently little more than a stub. One thing that could be done with relative ease would be a listing of important books on regionalism, devolution, secession, etc. This would include two very hard-to-find books by Mike Zwerin: Devolutionary Notes and A Case For The Balkanization Of Practically Everybody. This would also need to involve an expansion of the Zwerin article to reflect his substantial work as an author. [edit] Other projectsHere in the near (far?) future, I would like to do some serious cleanup and referencing work on The Pogues article, which is a bloody mess! A shame, too, considering what a fabulous band they are... The Whiskey Rebellion article is in need of some cleanup, better referencing, and general improvement, so I want to get to that sometime this Autumn. Likewise, the articles about Colin Ward, George Woodcock, and Kenneth Rexroth, great anarchists all, need a lot of work, including expansion and referencing. [edit] Barnstars
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