It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. You don't need to be injured or ill to benefit from the stem cell research that George W. Bush is trying to squelch. I'm in fine health right now, and I'm fortunate enough that nobody in my family has an illness or injury of the devastating sort that stem cell therapy could ameliorate. But I also know that the chances are good that someone I know will eventually need the sort of treatment that stem cell could provide. So this month, thanks to a suggestion by Jennifer from Cary, I'm pleased to offer a challenge that might do a bit for stem cell research while encouraging you to get the word out. If you've visited Irregular Goods, you'll know we've pledged to donate 25 percent of our monthly profits to progressive charities. If we receive 15 orders between now and November 30 for items from our page on stem cell research, we'll make our monthly donation to the Stem Cell Research Foundation. That's an amount in the hundreds of dollars. So if you're inclined to get a sticker supporting stem cell research, now is the time. Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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