Even as a small boy, I was a tough sell on religion, but the concept of a Devil whose work is to pull us away from Christ is arguably more ludicrous. Of course, I don’t speak for everyone on this point. …
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What Trump Has Taught Our Kids
We need to add to this: • Character doesn’t matter. • Telling the truth is for sissies. • Treason and sedition are acceptable ways of staying in power after you’ve lost an election by seven million votes. What kids …
Bloomberg: The Campaign Against the Climate
Here, a couple of journalists from Bloomberg attempt to explain how climate change mitigation is receiving political backlash, both in the US and the EU (two of the three largest emitters). Bottom line: extreme right-wing forces on both sides of …
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Socrates on Teaching and Thinking
Who doesn’t completely admire this man, if for only his sheer humility? As a tutor, I essentially teach. If I have a kid in front of me who wants to learn math/science or any of the humanities, I’m pretty effective. …
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Income, Child-Bearing, and Population
Here’s what Santa Monica (CA)-based environmentalist Zan Dubin wrote to the editor of the Los Angeles Times in response to an article on income and childbearing, which includes: “What largely remains overlooked, however, is the abject failure of America’s political …
Engine Manufacturer Cummins Cheated, Fined Heavily
From this: Engine manufacturer Cummins must pay the second largest environmental penalty in United States history: a whopping $1.6 billion to settle claims that it outfitted hundreds of thousands of trucks with software to defeat pollution controls. Plug-In America co-founder …
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Yes, Some Republicans Are Voting Against Trump
Re: Trump, the Lincoln Project writes: Let the math do the talking: 49% of Republicans in Iowa. 44% of Republicans in New Hampshire. Roughly 40% of Republicans in South Carolina. All of them voted against Trump. The guy who’s “unstoppable.” …
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Honoring Our Educators
Much speculation has gone into pinning down exactly where American education fell off the rails. We might infer that Aristotle would point to how our teachers are both underpaid and rendered impotent in establishing order in the classroom.
Music in Our Lives
Who hasn’t driven next to a car whose driver has hip-hop music blasting into his (and your) ears? Is it even remotely possible not to form a negative judgement about such a person? The music one gravitates to is most …
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No One Really Knows What’s Inside Trump’s Mind, But …
When we think about the horrors that lie within Trump’s mind, this makes sense to most of us: Lying and cheating comes more naturally to him, and provides greater rewards, than any attempt at winning with intelligence and honesty. Somehow, …
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