A few years ago, when I was lucky enough to run into and introduce myself to author, activist, and heavy-duty environmentalist Bill McKibben at a conference of the Bioneers in Northern California, I congratulated him for his 40 years of …
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Helping Others
I love this guy’s idea here, and I wish I had this thought when my kids were young. Helping others has so many wonderful places in our lives. I just ran into a man and his wife, a chiropractor and …
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Climate Change Denial Propaganda
Natalie has a point here, but I would submit that it’s really both, rather than one or the other. “Ignorant yokels” (to use her phrase) are the targets of Big Oil’s propaganda machine. Educated people who respect and understand science …
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Interesting Video of Reagan
In the video here, Ronald Reagan makes the point that Democrats think that every Republican elected to the White House is sure to bring disaster to the country. Actually, even in the case of Reagan himself, most progressives don’t think …
Misery vs. Happiness
In response to the meme at left, it’s not “miserable” that these people believe what they do. Many of history’s most revered intellectuals have commented that intelligent people are far less capable of happiness than the common idiot. Check out …
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Why January 6th Wasn’t a Dealbreaker for Us All
To understand this, you have to put yourself in the mindset of the typical MAGA Trump supporter. These people believe that any amount of criminality and violence is justified if it keeps Trump in office, so as to protect the …
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Higher Education and Virtue
Obviously, not all college graduates are good people; of course there is no guarantee that higher education carries virtue along with it. Yet there is clearly a strong correlation. There is a reason (perhaps many reasons) that Donald Trump does …
Aptera and “Solar Mobility”
I remember the first time I saw this technology implemented. About 20 years ago, some handy guy with a Prius had engineered and installed a solar PV roof, which, I have to admit, looked super-cool. Then I did the math …
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Learning from the First Half of 2025
As former labor secretary Robert Reich notes at left, there are a couple of lessons we’ve learned from the DOGE efforts and the rest of the first six months of the current Trump presidency: Our federal government and its employees …
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In Search of the Planet’s Worst People
I like the wit of this Alex Cole fellow. It’s as if the United States is trying to corner the market on the world’s very worst human beings.
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