At left is a good example of what I mean by: “The last 150 years hasn’t been good for philosophers.” In the late 19th Century, a question like this was the purview of philosophy. Now it’s the domain for neuroscientists. …
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Joke on MAGA Attire
This is funny, but in actuality, sane people don’t physically attack the MAGA crowd; in fact, we don’t even make snide comments. We keep our thoughts to ourselves. We may feel sorry for these people’s moral depravity and/or stupidity. We …
Trump Campaigns for the Nobel Peace Prize
Here’s the latest on Trump’s efforts to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while waging an aggressive war in Iran, executing people he suspects of carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela, pledging to take over Cuba, and annexing Greenland …
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Boycott Amazon
At left are a few good reasons not to shop from Amazon. I use eBay, so as not to make this world an even worse place than it is now.
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America Is a Gun
I’ve enjoyed quite a few works from the poet whose work appears at left, but this one speaks to me most clearly. Money means everything, and the value we put on the lives of our children pale in comparison.
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Bizarre Moments in Western Philosophy
Schopenhauer’s pessimism is essentially everything he left us, and his quote here is representative of that. We can’t change our birthplace, but does anyone want to do that anyway? We can change anything else about us that we choose, and …
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And Just Like That, Everybody Hates Their Job
The meme here covers yet another horrible feature of life in today’s America, i.e., all of a sudden we hate our jobs. I’ll admit that I was lucky enough to find work that was lucrative and rewarding (most of the …
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Climate Change and Sharks
I just met a guy who was headed for the beach to take a swim in the ocean, which I found impressive, given that the water in Santa Barbara is 59 degrees F. “My ocean-swimming days are over,” I told …
A Person of Integrity
Occasionally we see signs of integrity from politicians. What a breath of fresh air.
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Bringing Iran to its Knees
Yes, but this would have hurt the billionaires, and that can never happen in our society.
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