Welcome to May in the Green Mountains. May has been a month of wrapping up spring semester 2020 university work and transitioning to summer YakItToMe! mobile...

Welcome to Spring 2020 Lockdown in Vermont's Mad River Valley! Due to the "global coronavirus plandemic," Vermont and much of the United States has been on "...

Welcome to March 2020, visitors, and a "corona virus global pandemic"...! So much (fake?) news and dis(?) mis(?) information swirling about re: the newest ("...

WC: approx. 11,200 + NOTE: Like all YAK chapters on this site, this chapter is a very rough draft very much in progress. Please email me with any ideas, ques...

Happy February 2020, visitors! Beautiful #VT99 snow/go/mojo conditions here in Vermont's Green Mountains, as attested to by these photos from atop Sugarbush ...

Rob's Note: This is a draft of THE WAY YAK, Chapter 4, entitled "Free Range: Loveland Lovefest in Colorado Country." WC: approx. 9000. Feel free to email me w...

THE WAY YAK: Annotated Table of Contents for my forthcoming book THE WAY YAK: WHAT WE SAPIENS CAN LEARN FROM THIS SEXY BEAST.

Happy new year 2020, fellow sapiens! 2020: HINDSIGHT = PERFECT VISION. Thanks to all of you who have stopped by my new RCW web site and blog over the past few...

After decades of critical media literacy education (CMLE) work across the world engaged in giving public talks, delivering auditorium keynote addresses, teac...

Listen in to my conversation with University of Vermont journalists Morgan Mettler and Nick Fech of the Vermont Cynic about life as a college professor at UV...

I traveled off the grid in Chile's newly created 10 million acre Parque Nacional Patagonia during March 2019, scouting service trips for Trek Relief, and see...

As we close in on the three year anniversary of the 2016 Presidential "Election," the #RussiaHackedTheElection meme is finally crumbling under the weight of ...

I’m standing on a Vermont hillside, taking stock. High summer afternoon on this July day is glorious – bluebird sunny, with a steady breeze blowing down acro...

I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book, which explores the differences between fake news and real journalism, revitalizes the Edward Herman/...

“World Famous Yak Burger!” reads the large laminated menu. The accompanying drawing features a whimsical sketch of a bovine that looks like the hairy-headed ...

Originally published at Vermont Independent. Welcome to July 4th – Independence Day – in 21st century America Let us be clear what we are celebrating. The Un...

CHAPTER 1: To Hack The Yak.

"Yak Shaving"! The preface to my forthcoming book LIFE BY THE HORNS.

Book review of Harvard University Business School Professor Shoshana Zuboff's THE AGE OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM.

Summer Solstice 2019 - Dawn Porpoise Patrol @ 74th Street Beach; Avalon, New Jersey.