The Journey Eastward
Here are a few of the many photos that Cedric has taken during his walk eastward across some of the drier, dustier parts of the…
Montana
July 27, 2021 The creature who stood there in the rain waiting for me was certainly a woman, but a woman who’d known abuse and…
A Less United State: The Case for Parallel Systems
America’s two political halves seem intolerable to each other. Can we now maintain peace? How and for how long? Right up front, let’s assume that…
Starting Again
When I drove across the United States a few months ago, heading west, I spent a night pulled off of the highway somewhere in Wyoming…
Risk Rant
I’ve been told not to make decisions, respond to people or write while angry, so I try to wait 24 hours before proceeding. It’s been…
Another Day at the Office
Well, I’ve finally managed to push too hard and put myself in the hospital. Well, not really in the hospital but in the casino. Alright,…
False Paradigms
We look at ourselves as humans and are perhaps too self-congratulatory. At lightning speed on an evolutionary time scale, we’ve progressed from Neanderthals to cooperating…
Thanksgiving
A couple of major delays have probably prolonged the trip by about two weeks, but I should still be finishing during the month of November…
Wide-Ranging Rewards on the Road
Early next week I’ll be looking out across the wide plains of the American West from the vantage point of the Continental Divide. Needless to…
Book Review: “Chasing Thoreau” by Jim Payne
Jim Payne writes in praise of curiosity itself in his most recent adventure travel book, Chasing Thoreau. Some might begin this volume thinking they’ll enjoy…
Banishing Complacence and Hitting the Road
A tiny slip of paper, extruded from a fortune cookie back in western Pennsylvania, fell out of my pack yesterday during preparation to get underway.…
Zoning: An Artful Despotism
As an adopted Pittsburgher, I’m familiar with the works of Andy Warhol, whether or not I’d like to be. This is how I know what…
Big Adventure, Made Possible By Capitalism
I work humble, simple jobs back in Pittsburgh. I don’t own a lot of (actually, any) costly things and I rent an apartment that’s just…
My Safe Space
I woke yesterday in the most amazing place. Things were not too hot, but not really too cold either, as the first hint of dawn…
Rise of the Arbiters
A version of this article also appears on Free The People: freethepeople.org/rise-of-the-arbiters/. The great tragedy afoot in America and the reason I’m currently walking the…
Keeping the Purpose in Sight
On the Appalachian Trail, maybe a couple thousand hopeful “thru hikers” set out annually to conquer the entire 2,200 miles between Springer Mountain, Georgia, and…
What It’s All About
It’s about life: the fight for liberty will always be a better fate than peaceful acceptance of socialism. This is about how I want to…