MINIMALIST EXTRAORDINAIRE

We had the privilege over the last 3 days to host perhaps the world's best minimalist, Rob Greenfield. Detractors call him a professional mooch because he depends heavily on hosts and road kill, but I find his lifestyle fascinating. I always appreciate people who push the edges of the envelope; that's where challenges to our own thinking develop.

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AN EDGY CULTURE

Teresa and I just spent last week in Montana at Music Ranch Montana where I gave the first ever non-music performance at this remarkable venue. Country music celebrities Paul Overstreeet, Jimmy Fortune, and Rory Feek surrounded us with music all week and it was wonderful.

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30 MILLION KILLED BY 2050

wo pharmaceutical company chairmen, normally engaged in bitter marketing competition, joined forces to write an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal predicting that by 2050 antibiotic-resistant superbugs would kill 30 million worldwide.

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PERMISSION TO SPEAK?

I've resisted any comments about the violence in our cities, but yesterday tipped me over the edge. I will relate it the way it was related to me, by the mother of a 23-year old fire fighter near Richmond.

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NON-DIVERSIFIED FARMING CREATES NON-DIVERSIFIED THOUGHT

Sometimes a conversation meanders around and then suddenly and spontaneously winds up in a profound place. Such was a guest podcast I did a couple of days ago with Certified Health Nut Troy. I do several guest podcasts a week and can't begin to keep them all straight, but apparently he also has a superfood line where everything is grown in volcanic ash beds.

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PLACEBO FIXATION

Last week I spoke at the Libertarian Party National Convention in Orlando so I have a flight update to share. Tomorrow I'll share what I talked about at the convention. And for the record, I am not a member of the Libertarian Party--I'm not a member of any political party; they all get squirrely around the edges.

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