kablock's blog

As part of my thesis, which deals with Native American tribes' involvement in wolf reintroduction, my thesis committee chair recommended that I read some books by a prominent Native American author named Vine Deloria. I've started with the one that my committee chair most highly recommended: God Is Red.  Read More »

Today I'd like to share with you a Buddhist story.  Read More »

As I was going through the articles that my google reader account pulled up (for those of you who might not be familiar with it, it's basically an RSS reader system that I use to get news), I came across this headline from BBC news (full article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7465195.stm): "Campbell Gets Community Service: Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been sentenced to 200 hours' commun  Read More »

My father was never in the picture as far as raising me. He was a check and a frozen image in a picture that my mother showed me occasionally. He wasn't a drunk or abusive, he was just a broken, sad man afraid to take a chance when my mother got pregnant unexpectedly.  Read More »

Since I started my summer internship as an interpretive ranger at Great Sand Dunes National Park I've been thinking about what it is we actually do here. Many people don't really know when I say I'm in "interpretive ranger," but it's really pretty simple in literal terms: we interpret nature to the general public in the form of nature walks, presentations, and other ranger-led activities.  Read More »

In America, we pride ourselves on free enterprise, an open market, where anyone can start a business and has a chance to make it to the top. We are the “Land of Opportunity” after all.  Read More »

Yesterday was Endangered Species Day and I felt like ranting for a bit  Read More »

This is a short paper I wrote for a class. The prompt was to talk about the pros and cons of staying indefinitely in Iraq versus an immediate withdrawal. This teacher doesn't like long introductions or conclusions, so this was an interesting experience for me.  Read More »