A great deal of environmental healing will come from the Biden administration, at least if we can predict the future based on the first two months. In particular, there has been robust discussion concerning putting an end to subsidies that …
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Signs of the American Education System in Decline
Filed under the heading: “Would be funnier if it weren’t so tragic,” or “One reaps what one sows.” What we’ve sown is a terrible public educational system that, due to underfunding, is getting worse each year. What we’re reaping is …
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Looking for a Bit of Depravity To Color Your Day?
From this: “Rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 were people that love this country, that (sic) truly respect law enforcement. I might have been concerned if they were Black Lives Matter or Antifa protesters.” – Senator Ron …
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Bill Gates: Nuclear Power Will ‘Absolutely’ Be Politically Acceptable Again
Here we have Bill Gates discussing nuclear power, pointing out that it’s safer than oil, coal, natural gas–and, of course that it’s a requirement if our civilization is to mitigate climate change successfully, insofar as it emits zero carbon. So …
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Where Will the Stimulus/Relief Package Take Us?
As Connecticut senator Chris Murphy points out here, there is a moral issue at stake here. But, if nothing else, this will be a very interesting experiment in macroeconomics. The neoliberalism that has defined the United States for the last …
Regretting the Disappearance of Music in Our Schools
The American education system continues to decay, and the horrific results are all around us. Trumpism. Job openings going unfilled due to lack of skilled labor. Gun nuts. White nationalism. Those older than perhaps 50 remember a time before music …
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Controversy Re: the January 6th Insurrection
Craig Shields: I think this is a more complicated subject, personally. Linda Hurt Germany: Craig, insurrection is complicated? please explain…….. Carol Heesch: NO. IT. ISN’T. Caroline Lindley: Craig, yes, please explain the complicated part. Bobby Scheinblum: Craig, seems rather cut …
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Walmart and Costco: The Difference Is Decency
Here’s why I haven’t been in a Walmart for the last 20+ years. It’s bad enough that the Walton family pays its employees slave wages; it’s even worse that you and I are subsidizing the Walton payroll so its people …
US Army Generals Say Tucker Carlson ‘Couldn’t Be More Wrong’ on Women in the Military After He Claimed Biden Was Making It ‘More Feminine’
Let’s give credit where it’s due: Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has no reservation about making the most outrageous and indefensible comments in his nightly presentation of his version of the news. In his endless quest to paint the worst possible …
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Argentina Is Torn Between Its Shale Dream and Climate Goals
Here’s an article that describes how natural gas fracking could be Argentina’s ticket out of a years-long economic crisis, but it jeopardizes a promise to wipe out emissions by 2050. It begins: President Alberto Fernandez took to a makeshift stage …
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