Social media is littered with memes like this one, each trying to convince us, that a college education is unnecessary, or more commonly, simply a bad thing. Now, if you’re today’s Christian-oriented, ultra-right-wing Republican party, it’s easy to guess the …
U.S. Engaged in Epic Battle Against Higher Education Read More »
Not to split hairs, but the 2024 election is not an opportunity to end Trumpism for good, if by the term you mean the hate and ignorance of the many tens of millions of MAGA Americans who carry this terrible …
Political Strategist James Carville on the 2024 Election Read More »
It would be a better world if what Heraclitus said were true, but it certainly appears that good people can suffer terrible fates and vice versa. This brings to mind the ultimate destiny of Donald Trump, certainly among the worst …
December is a good time of year to remind ourselves that our consumerism as a society is a choice; it’s not a requirement. On a related note, when we support the thrift-store economy, we’re reducing the amount of resources that …
Re: the meme here, a reader notes: This climate meeting was all about fossil fuel strategies and alliances to wipe out renewable energy. There is no doubt that this was the focus on the part of Big Oil. Looked at …
Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at Climate Meeting “Beyond Justification” Read More »
This cartoon by “Stines” reminds us that, when they grow up, naughty kids turn into bad adults who have no compunction about destroying the planet’s capacity to support life, if that’s what’s required to make them rich.
Though we Americans tend to learn very little about the political issues that motivate voters in other countries, things elsewhere around the globe seem to make better sense than they do here. I would be shocked to know that the …
Good job by Jimmy Kimmel here (or, more properly, one of his writers).
Thucydides’ statement here implies that war has been a permanent, 365-day-a-year feature of Western society for at least the last 2500 years. Occasionally we run into small groups of people who are trying to change that, like the organizers of …
I’m willing to bet that he’ll find incarceration even more embarrassing.
