Republicans have impeded everything the Democrats have proposed. Isn’t that “something?” In fact, isn’t that their calling? We now have lousier public education, unlimited gun rights, abortion bans, and all but halted climate change mitigation policies. There are dozens of …
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Sky Quarry asks prospective investors: Did you know millions of tons of shingles end up in landfills every year? It’s an environmental problem. But we have a solution! At Sky Quarry, we get paid to collect and dispose of asphalt …
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And precisely what is this “edifice” to which MLK was referring? I would simply say trickle-down economics. Lowering the top federal tax bracket from 90% to 28%, while taxing Social Security benefits and handing out huge additional tax breaks for …
Here’s a cool pic of a defunct gas station. Perhaps it’s also a visual metaphor for our civilization’s phasing out of fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy.
Throughout the millennia, most religious texts have attempted to blend faith and reason. Thomas Aquinas, for example, set out to prove the existence of God using only the laws of logic that had been propounded by Aristotle roughly 1400 years …
Ms. Streisand may be the wealthiest American headed for a sane and decent place to live if Trump is re-elected, but she certainly won’t be the only one. There are large ex-pat populations all around the globe, whose numbers will …
I’m sure the actual reason that today’s air travel is so uncomfortable is complex, but it strikes me that there was a limit to corporate greed 50 years ago that is altogether absent from our lives today.
In a world in which empathy seems to be on the run, it’s good to be reminded of what the world’s great thinkers have had to say on the subject.
Primatologist Jane Goodall says that one of the key reasons she remains optimistic about the future of Earth’s environment is its resiliency. I.e., the moment we stop inflicting harm to the planet, it begins the slow process of healing itself. …
I appreciate the content of the letter at the left, but here’s an even better idea for Walmart shoppers: Stay out. Walmart, in and of itself, isn’t abusive enough? Shopping there is a degrading experience, and doing so is supporting the …
