It’s not completely fair to call our problem with plastic pollution “corporate.” Yes, Coke, Pepsi, Nestle, and the others are at least partly responsible, but we mustn’t excuse consumers who refuse to change their behavior. When I used to hold …
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Why Trump’s Presidency Is Worse than Nixon’s
Watergate-era journalist Carl Bernstein makes a good observation at left. That was a point in time long before the GOP shot off into a zone of complete criminal insanity. When we hear boomers remark, “Ah, the 70s. Now that was …
A Comedian’s Ideas on Bringing U.S. Jobs Back from China
Here’s a short video from Dave Chappelle that, in less than one minute, makes us laugh about our present-day politicians’ claims on the repatriation of American jobs. Worth your time.
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Solar PV “Breakthrough?”
If I were to ask 100 high school kids about what they know about solar PV and about this “breakthrough,” many of them would say, “Look, a photon either hits the array and dislodges an electron, or it passed through …
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Why We Torment the World’s Poor
Perhaps a more fair rewrite to the question at left would be: “Why do the most powerful people in the United States strip resources from the most downtrodden?” Of course, extreme greed and cruelty isn’t limited to the U.S., though …
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How Qualified Are Trump’s Appointees?
To the reader who sent me this meme, my answer: It depends on how we define “qualified.” Every single one of these people is uniquely qualified to do precisely what Trump appointed him/her to do: make the president wealthier and …
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The Trump Administration Is No Friend of Children’s Health–But That Doesn’t Seem to Matter at the Polls
Common Dreams report: “The Trump administration will stop at nothing to rip coverage away from American families, even kids they claim they want to protect.” One might think that the welfare of America’s children would be of at least some …
Senility in the White House
The world’s 200+ sovereign nations have that precise number of leaders, and it’s impossible to say how many of them are totally lucid–or completely senile–or anywhere in between. Is it possible that important decisions around the globe are being made …
The American South Has Its Own Values, and They Don’t Coincide with Yours
We need to accept that, in general, the people of the Deep South actually don’t care if their government isn’t helping them achieve healthier and more productive/affluent lives. As long as white people dominate their part of the world, socially …
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From Navy Admiral (Ret) William McRaven
Admiral McRaven’s words at left focus on Trump’s effect on America and our country’s effect on the rest of the world. All this started, of course, in 2015, when our national politics first embraced Donald Trump, a conman, pathological liar, …
