In service of the local
byThe embrace of local power doesn’t have to mean parochialism, withdrawal, or intolerance, only a coherent foundation from which to navigate the larger world….
To tell the truth
by the daily asteriskIn our ordinary dealings with each other, we take for granted that we cannot understand what is said if we cannot assume the accountability…
Within the household of nature
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-ReitsmaSustainable? For who? For me, for you, for us, for everybody? No, I’m fucking not living sustainably. My welfare is dependent on the third…
The world is indebted
by the daily asteriskSome degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of every thing, and in no instance is this more true than in that…
Meet the government: Tom Springer
by Alek FrostEditor’s Note: For the Local Government issue of Topology, we interviewed individuals who have been involved in local government in and around Three Rivers,…
Serious responsibilities
by the daily asteriskIt may sound reactionary, I know. But we can all feel it. We’ve changed the way we think of ourselves as citizens. We don’t…
Border line
by Amy HetletvedtEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2011, Amy Hetletvedt considers community, spaces, and what…
Vast wealth and power
by the daily asteriskThe real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital….
On “tyrannese”: A fake interview with Wendell Berry
by Henry BakkerWell, it’s been a disorienting couple of weeks under the new regime, and while sales of George Orwell’s 1984 pushed the dystopian novel into…
A way forward
by the daily asteriskIf we have a way forward beyond this time of crucial divide, it won’t be because certain regions hunkered down in their bubble and…