Here’s what Katie Porter would like to get done as a U.S. senator, which would, if enacted, bring the United States in line with the rest of the developed countries on Earth. Is this realistic? Well, let’s look at the …
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The “Stink” of Trump?
It will be interesting to see how today’s Trump supporters will come to be regarded by history, provided, of course, that Trumpism is eventually revealed to be anti-democratic authoritarianism and is ultimately rejected as a valid form of government in …
Trump and Abortion
What Trump says here is correct; it was his capacity to add three conservatives to the U.S. Supreme Court that brought an end to a woman’s right to choose an abortion. Trump bragged about this, but it’s unclear what effect …
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Contrary to This Republican’s Speech, His Party Certainly Hasn’t Done Nothing
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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Issues Associated with Reprocessing Asphalt Shingles
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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Restructuring the Edifice
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 …
Saying Good Bye to Fossil Fuels
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.
Faith and Reason
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 …
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“If Trump Wins, I Will Move” – Barbra Streisand
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 …
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Corporate Greed
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.
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