Craig Axford
Staff Columnist
Craig Axford is a Staff Columnist for 71 Republic writing on science, the environment, and public policy. An American who lived in British Columbia for most of a decade, Craig earned degrees in anthropology and environmental studies from the University of Victoria and a master's in environmental management from Royal Roads University. He was a Green Party candidate for U.S. Congress, a Democratic National Committee organizer, a program director of a nonprofit environmental group, and the editor of The Sensible Soapbox on Medium.
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Opinion
Trump's Treason
It’s time we start calling out President Trump for his treason, as he continually betrays the American way of doing things.
Essays
Saving The Supreme Court
The fight over Anthony Kennedy’s replacement represents everything that’s wrong with the judicial nominating process.
Opinion
The Epigenetics of America's Immigration Policy
People will be paying for what’s unfolding on the border for generations
Opinion
Proposed Changes to America’s Nuclear Policy Means Congress Needs to Act
The Time For Reviewing Our Nuclear Policies Is Now
Essays
Democracy Is Infuriating. Stop Taking It Personally
Pulling the United States back from the brink means those living in the “home of the brave” will need to develop a thicker skin.
Opinion
An Unprecedented Peace Summit With High Ratings. Now What?
We should not be keen to expect very much from it, if the first 18 months of the Trump administration are any indication.
Essays
Knowledge is Asymptotic, Not Absolute or Relative
Why the relativists and the absolutists are both incorrect (or why I’m tired of reading headlines about science being “wrong”)
Essays
The Great American Brain Drain of Scientists
Trends like the American brain drain of scientists are hard to get started, but once underway, they are considerably harder to reverse.
Opinion
Facing Poverty Directly, For a Change
It’s not the amount of money that those with the most have that’s immoral, but the amount that those with the least have.
Essays
Seeing The Solar System As an Ecosystem
New discoveries and our own increasing presence in space mean the idea isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds
Opinion
Canada Proves Once Again That Big Oil Can Always Count On Government $$$
When will clean renewable energy finally receive the same kind of consistent investment?
Essays
The Flag Takes a Knee all the Time, and Nobody Minds
Symbolism and piousness are worse than hollow gestures if they only serve as a means of evading the actual hard work of democracy.
Essays
Can We Dismiss Race In The Present While Still Acknowledging The Concept's Troubled Past?
Raising a generation that judges people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin means abandoning the notion of race altogether
Opinion
Donald Trump's Monumental Mistake
Trump has sliced Bears Ears, which will prove to be a mistake.
Essays
What Will The New Normal Look Like?
2016 started a new transition period for society, one that has been approaching for years and is not likely to soon go away.
Essays
Walt Whitman Understood Identity. We no Longer Do
Society has lost its understanding of identity, which should unite us as humans, rather than divide us into strict categories.
Essays
While People Are Busy Tearing Down Walls, Some Governments Still Insist On Building Them
People are tearing walls down.
Essays
At What Point Does A Parent With Alzheimer's Cease To Be A Parent?
The struggle of losing family to the memory loss of Alzheimer's forever changes the structure of a relationship between two people.