We sometimes wonder why so few people are jumping from the Trump/MAGA ship. If you’re a congressional Republican, it’s that you know that abandoning Trump means losing your seat. For the huge majority of everyone else, it’s explained in the …
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The Meat Industry Attacks Veganism, Often With Incredibly Poor Logic
The only thing that’s “unnatural” about eating meat has occurred very recently in human history, and that’s factory farming. When I drive past thousand-acre pastures dotted with happy cows, I don’t have a problem knowing that most of these animals …
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Understanding American Voters
Let’s contrast the advice that Pythagoras gave us (at left) with the sensibilities of the MAGA/Trump people. The former suggests that we do our best to keep anger away from our decision-making. The latter wants to see Trump re-elected, specifically …
The Sources of Misinformation Are Endless
Does getting hit in the head disqualify Aaron Rodgers as a source of medial information, or is it simply the fact that he has no scientific/medical training?
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Theology and Reason
I hope there are theologians with better ideas on free thinking, common sense, and rationality than this fellow at the Assembly of GOD and this particular Methodist Church. Making decisions on one’s own re: what to think and how to …
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“Kite Runner” Author Speaks on the Education of Women
Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini is best known for his first novel, The Kite Runner. At left, he’s pointing out that the region of the world from which he hails has had a longstanding opposition to educating women, and has paid a terrible …
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Sonoran Desert Institute’s Advertisement: “Go to College for Gunsmithing!”
SDI, a SCHOOL OF FIREARMS TECHNOLOGY says: Sonoran Desert Institute is an online school that helps students learn the skills and techniques they’ll need to be successful in the firearms …. industry. Gunsmiths addressed an unmet need in the 18th …
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Americans and the Higher Virtues
In January of 1970, our 10th grade English teacher read the class 12 short pieces of advice that were part of a calendar, one for each month of the year. The advice pertained not how to be healthy or how …
2GreenEnergy Readers Are Generally Not Conspiracy Theorists
We’ve all seen the comments of the QAnon-style conspiracy theorists like the fellow at the left. Are there powerful and rich people, perhaps Bill Gates among them, who are trying to enslave us? Here are the remarks of a reader …
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Optimism and Pessimism Re: the Environment
The piece at left comes from legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken. The way I simplify this in my own mind is as follows: We (progressives) have the people; they have the money. The vast majority of people on this planet understand …
