The meme here is illustrative of the level of rank dishonesty to which the beef industry will sink in order to poison your mind against planet-based meats. Of course, all this comes as a horrible insult to the reader’s intelligence, …
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It’s Not Your Father’s Republican Party
I suppose it’s easier to make a statement like Kinzinger’s here once you have become a retired congressional Republican. The point made in the “lower third” of the screen is also apt: this is a Republican party that bears very …
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Guns in the Wrong Hands
It might not be right to invoke comedy in such a terrible situation as this. Yet it’s worth making the point that the United States stands alone for its promulgation of guns through a society that features a significant number of …
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Do Unto Others- The Primary Teaching?
The Golden Rule is a teaching of these religions, though calling it the primary teaching is debatable. For those with monotheistic beliefs, e.g., Christians, Jews, and Muslims, I would argue that the main idea is that the universe and everything …
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Why Denmark Is a Happy Place
I just had the pleasure of meeting four people from Denmark, all about my own age, who are taking two of their six weeks paid vacation touring the U.S. I asked them about their country’s status re: the World Happiness …
Poor Logic on Gun Violence
Mike: Are you saying that people living outside the United States, where mass shootings are extremely rare, don’t have “human hearts?”
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Critically Examining Human Civilization
Here’s a good perspective on human life here on Earth. We wouldn’t regard our civilization kindly were we to discover it on another planet.
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A Startling New Low for America
The second in line to the U.S. presidency is a man who voted to decertify the 2020 election, so as to keep Trump in office after he got shellacked at the polls. Journalist Brian Tyler Cohen asks a valid question …
“System Change” Means Removing Money from Politics
Progressives hope to see systemic changes to our world that will make this planet a greener and more just place to live. That means many things, but especially decarbonizing our transportation and energy sectors, while dealing with our huge and …
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From the New York Times: New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns
From this: Representative Mike Johnson comes from Louisiana oil country and has said he does not believe burning fossil fuels is changing the climate. A Republican who hails from “oil country” is unlikely to hold too much concern about climate change …
