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 …
The U.S. Had a Close Brush with Tyranny
Here’s a reminder from John Locke, one of the very few philosophers whose thinking informed the original design of the United States, on exactly how close the U.S. came to tyranny. Donald Trump’s multi-pronged attempt to overturn the results of …
Wildfires Are a Growing Threat, But Is This a Viable Concept to Protect Your Home?
These people are raising investment capital, or at least claim to be, for this idea in homebuilding: the house is constructed over a deep hole, and, in the event of a wildfire, it can be lowered into that hole using …
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