Several people commented on the meme here to the effect that perhaps we’re not really intelligent. I offer this: Humankind is plenty intelligent, but we have other characteristics that impede our capacity to use this intelligence to our benefit. Greed, …
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Finland Has a Different Approach to Forming a Society, But Is It Worth Considering?
The United States is on an absolute frenzy to widen the wealth gap, and all the data suggests that the super-rich are being extremely successful in this endeavor. Today’s CEOs are making 287 times more than their typical worker, where …
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Tagged with: Wealth Gap
Thought: The Chief Glory of Man
What philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell said here is entirely correct, but sadly, the quality of our thinking seems to have taken a turn for the worse in recent years. What was life like here in the U.S. in 1970, …
Tagged with: establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency
Consume!
The message here, obviously, is that the blind consumption of resources leads to the death of the planet. While this is true, we need the developing world to consume more. More food, more of the energy required for things like …
Hoping for the Best, Fearing the Worst
The retired actress to whom I referred in my earlier post Republican Moderates Stand No Chance Against Trump said something that resonated with me, “I guess we’re all trying to convince ourselves that the next four years aren’t going to …
Tagged with: a federal ban on abortion, cabinet positions filled by Trump megadonors who are ridiculously unqualified for their positions, corporate greed making the lives of working Americans miserable, Cuts to Social Security, institutionalized racism, people kicked off healthcare and dying of treatable diseases, presidential lawlessness, tax cuts for billionaires, the demolition of our public education systems, the end of our nation's meager commitment to climate change mitigation
Elon Musk in the News: Nothing Short of Surreal
As demonstrated at left, American politics is getting stranger by the hour. 2GreenEnergy has an X account, but it lies dormant.
Turning Off the News Isn’t a Piece of Cake
We constantly hear people saying, proudly, that they’ve turned off the news, so as to preserve some level of sanity. I get that, but it’s not easy when the content is as disturbing as this.
A Search for Clarity and Meaning
Albert Camus lamented that the world of his time, the mid-20th Century, failed to provide “clarity and meaning.” It’s hard to imagine what he’d make of the changes that have taken place over the last few years, in particular, the …
Bernie Sanders Isn’t Going Anywhere
Even my mom, a lifelong Republican, admires Bernie Sanders. “He’s so sincere,” she says. He is indeed. Two more things: • He’s on the right side of the issue here. He’s passionate about the oath he took to the U.S. …
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The United States — Entering a Different Dimension
The cartoon here put a smile on my face, but it really could be applied to modern-day U.S. politics under Trump. Your next stop? The Twilight Zone.
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