According to this article, the Department of Agriculture is no longer allowed to use the phrase “safe drinking water.” Why? Might it be possible that some of our drinking water might actually be unsafe? Might the common American want to …
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The author of the meme here seems to be surprised by Trump’s brazen lie to the effect that the United States is once again respected on the world stage, where, of course, the precise opposite is true. For the sake …
The implication here is that folks like the Amish who eschew technology like television are incapable of receiving and understanding climate science. I would find that offensive if I were they. They can’t read? They can’t think?
I don’t know anything about this young lady other that she’s English-speaking, and that she has enough time to herself to spend some of it protesting our civilization’s disgusting disregard for the existential threat that climate change represents. And because …
When Elon Musk said recently, “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy,” he opened our eyes to a shocking element of who’s running the United States government at this time and the sick ethos that is currently the rule …
The reason that Dan Rather can’t remember a worse time for the United States is simple: there has never been one. Nowhere close. Even worse, it’s likely that you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
In this video, we see a massive demonstration outside the U.S. consulate in Greenland, featuring a banner that reads,”99.7% say NO!” Are you telling me that only 3 out of 1000 Greenlanders want to see their country annexed by the …
In a recent post I mentioned that Denmark puts its schoolchildren through a course on empathy, where they’re taught that other people should be treated with kindness and decency. At left we have another element of what kids in this …
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I had a conversation earlier today with a woman from Melbourne, Australia who lamented that her country recently ceased providing free education to all her country’s citizens. “It’s a shame,” she said, “that we couldn’t have followed the developed countries …
The video here has been around for several years, and provides a metaphorical look at the concept of privilege. In this regard, we all have our own stories to tell. Here’s mine: I was adopted by two sane and productive …
