What RFK said here is true, but I think it might be useful to ask why certain people want to prevent our society from moving forward. I would suggest that this is the notion of fear. If you look at …
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Why We Don’t Tax Churches
We’ve all come across the content of the meme here many times. Why don’t we tax mega-churches where their pastors live in palaces and their parishioners live in trailer parks? The answer is not that we want to subsidize churches, …
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Trump and NATO
There was a time not too long ago where this conversation would have been unnecessary, because it would have been inconceivable that a former U.S. president would encourage a nuclear-armed dictatorship to invade one (or more) of our allies.
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Waking Up to the Climate Emergency
Indeed, the world needs a wake-up call. We all need to recognize that due to our continued use of fossil fuels as our principal energy source, coupled with the destruction of our rain forests to make room for the expansion …
In the Direction of Social Democracy
The woman in the cartoon here is actually author Ursula K. Le Guin, winner of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She makes an interesting point. At this point in history, most enlightened minds would like …
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Science and Truth
At left is something 19th Century Scottish author George McDonald had to say on the subject of truth and why brave and honest people feel compelled to call their most cherished beliefs into doubt. It speaks quite broadly, but most …
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Direct CO2 Capture
Here’s an article on a venture backed by Bill Gates to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. I’ve always been skeptical of these types of enterprises, on the basis of sheer mathematics. In this case, the technology involves collecting and baking …
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Keep in Mind that Biden Has Advisors
I don’t go for “Angry Staffer’s” ad hominem abuse of Trump, but he makes an excellent point here. Does anyone really believe that Biden makes decisions in the absence of a huge team of carefully selected advisors? He could be …
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Organized Labor
In the 21st Century, the stakes associated with collective bargaining aren’t as high as they were 100 years ago, when we were talking about matters of life and death. That said, it’s good to see union ranks swelling in response …
Great to See Climate Science and Legal Matters Upheld
From this NPR segment on climate science: Michael Mann, a professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded more than $1 million in damages after a trial in D.C. court. Michael Mann, among the …
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