In this day of utter confusion and the mincing of words, it’s good that we have a person in the U.S. Congress like Jasmine Crockett. The harsh reality is that it was a terrible idea to elect a criminal thug …
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Today’s World Leaders
Points to be made here include: 1) None of these five men is an imbecile. 2) This is a place and time in which our world leaders are more demented and less interested in the welfare of others than at …
Energy Efficiency
If you can recognize the photo here, you’re at least 65 years old, probably 70+. It’s a small generator that converted some of the kinetic energy from your moving bicycle’s tires into the electrical energy required to power your headlight. …
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Among Humankind’s Great Frailties Is the Herd Instinct
What makes the evil presence of Donald Trump so horrific in our lives is his amazing capacity to harness the “herd instinct” that Bertrand Russell identified. All this is aimed at one thing: augmenting Trump’s wealth and power. Sickening.
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Powerful Critique of Capitalism
Re: the reader’s comment here on The Grapes of Wrath, there is no doubt that the book challenges the basic tenets of capitalism, and it does so in what is perhaps the most forceful piece ever written in the English …
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Trump Supporters Believe in “Nothing?”
The claim here, i.e., that the MAGA folks “believe in nothing” is incorrect, if only because of the trust they place in the infallibility of Donald Trump. It makes no difference how ludicrous what he says, these people are steadfast …
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Why American News Is So Jarring
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting a woman from Ireland who had come here for a wedding. She commented that the type of news that Americans receive is far more disturbing than those in her home country. I offered …
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Is There Value in an Educated Populace?
This theme, that education is indoctrination and is actually harmful to our personhood, is extremely popular now, but largely among our nation’s uneducated people. This could be called “sour grapes,” but some (uneducated) people won’t know what this means. We’re …
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Life in the United States Is Becoming More Outrageous by the Day
Ten years ago, if you had surveyed Americans as to the viability of selling off public lands to for-profit corporations, people would have laughed in your face. “That’s an outrageously stupid idea, as it strikes a blow to the core …
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Pumped Hydro Soon to Go Into Its Second Century
These people claim: An American startup just unlocked hydropower from dry land — with no rivers or dams. In a radical rethinking of water-based energy, an American startup has developed a closed-loop hydropower system that works without a natural river …
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