Author Archives: Davd

About Davd

Davd (PhD, 1966) has been a professor, a single father keeping a small commercial herb garden so as to have flexible time for his sons, and editor of _Ecoforestry_. He is a practicing Christian, and in particular an advocate of ecoforestry, self-sufficiency horticulture, and men of all faiths living together "in peace and brotherhood" for the fellowship, the efficiency, and the goodwill that sharing work so often brings.

Second Class Like Me[n]:

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Davd

… To What Extent is the Predicament Ours, 55 Years Later? Essay Review of John Howard Griffin, 1960. Black Like Me. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. cited in the pocket sized Signet edition, New York, “New American Library”, 1961. (review (c) 2015, … Continue reading →

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Knitting Rhymes with Sitting:

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Davd

..When Real Men Can Enjoy Knitting and Why Women Knit More than We Do: (c) 2015, Davd I was sitting in my bed mending a glove, resting after supper, when it occurred to me that i rather enjoy mending socks … Continue reading →

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What Glass Ceiling?

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Davd

… Ability and Motivation, not Opportunity, are What’s Unequal: (c) 2015, Davd  Two things especially, legitimately determine success: Ability and application [or in two syllables each, talent and hard work]. I don’t know anyone, literally not anyone, who seriously says … Continue reading →

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This One’s for the Birds

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Davd

… specifically, for the Swallows—Indicators of Ecological [un]Health and the Need for Men’s Work: (draft) 2015, Davd On the second full day of calendar Spring, with snow falling and 4-6 inches of the stuff predicted before the storm has moved … Continue reading →

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They Really Don’t Know?

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Davd

…Or Are They Going to Give Some Back? Women’s Day Paraders Call for Equality: (c) 2015, Davd Sunday was International Women’s Day again, and CBC Radio News reported that women in the big parade in New York City are demanding … Continue reading →

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FrugaliTea:

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Davd

..The name may be silly; the tea is delicious: (c) 2015, Davd I like iced tea with citrus and some sugar; and it turns out i like hot tea with the same. What i don’t like in the way of … Continue reading →

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43 Years Later, The Implications are Clearer

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Davd

Essay Review  of Morgan, Elaine, 1972. The Descent of Woman: (London: Souvenir Press) c) 2015, Davd (from the dust jacket) Elaine Morgan was born in the South Wales Mining Valley; she was awarded an exhibition to Oxford where she took … Continue reading →

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No Fair Approving Violence Against Men

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Davd

… the equality reason: (c) 2015, Davd It’s the first of the month, and at Angry Harry’s earlier suggestion, i’ll take the occasion to ask, again, Is there any good reason why i am a more legitimate target for violence, … Continue reading →

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His Human Nature and Hers:

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Davd

… The Different Humanities of the Two Sexes: (c) 2015, Davd It was a classic put-down, from her point of view: He had been talking of his work, his sports, his accomplishments. She retorted, “I’m a human being, not a … Continue reading →

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Men’s Rights Amputation:

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Davd

Essay review of Nathanson, Paul, and Katherine K. Young, 2006 Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination against Men Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press. (c) 2015, Davd Men in Canada, the USA, and inferentially much of Europe1 are second-class citizens … Continue reading →

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