I’ve long admired Bonhoeffer, and the punch of this short essay is one of the reasons why. Trumpism as a 21st Century American phenomenon, however, is only partially fueled by stupidity; strangely, there are some very intelligent Trump supporters. And …
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Could 2021 Be a Turning Point for the U.S.?
As expressed at left, things may be looking up for the U.S. Hate and ignorance at a national level have taken some sharp body blows. Fox News ratings have crashed, an event insiders call a “self-inflicted wound,” referring to the …
New Push in Geothermal?
Hi Craig, I think this news is exciting as finally geothermal power and heat can potentially be produced anywhere – with closed loop systems which do not need fracking or large volumes of water – and I would say no …
Left-Wing Bias in Academia
We hear a great deal about the supposed liberal bias in American colleges and universities, yet whoever wrote the thoughts at the left here poses an interesting idea: suppose reality is closer aligned to what we think of today as …
Remembering Rush Limbaugh
The Latin “De mortuis nil nisi bene dicendum” translates into English as “Of the dead, let nothing but good be said,” and it’s a generally recognized social protocol. But not so much when incendiary right-wing radio personality Rush Limbaugh passed …
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Kindness Abounds, But Not Everywhere
Indeed, there is extreme polarization in the United States right now when it comes to all things political, yet we’re fortunate that the “Kindness Movement” is a significant part of the American ethos. Of course, not everyone gets this, and …
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What Were We Thinking?
The wheel was invented about 5500 years ago, and travel baggage is several centuries old, so we ponder: why did it take so long for someone to invent wheeled luggage? At left is another idea that should have come along …
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Biden Poised To Remove Subsidies for Fossil Fuels, Gets High Marks from Environmentalists for His First 26 Days
From this article on Biden and environmental responsibility: President Biden dubbed Jan. 27, exactly one week after he took office, “climate day.” On this day, the president followed up on his day one climate order to rejoin the Paris Agreement and revoke …
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GOP Donor Fleeced, Angry
In the soon-to-be-12 years of 2GreenEnergy’s work in the environmental sustainability space, we’ve seen hundreds of submissions in which an ostensible inventor wants to raise investment capital for some completely inane (and sometimes fraudulent) idea. I’ve often been in a …
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Charging Trump with Insurrection/Sedition
I say no. Sure, he told his people to go to the Capitol and “fight like hell,” or they “wouldn’t have a country anymore.” He then watched the spreading destruction for hours before telling these people that he loved them, …
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