Love this! The idea of “living small,” i.e., carrying a low carbon footprint, is appealing to every decent person living on this planet. The day is coming where people who live like pigs will be regarded as such, and that …
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“Fake” Meat?
Here’s an article from Dr. Vandana Shiva (pictured) called: Fake Food, Fake Meat: Big Food’s Desperate Attempt to Further the Industrialisation of Food, which begins: The ontology and ecology of food Food is not a commodity, it is not “stuff” …
What’s Next for North Korea?
One has to think we’ll hear very little about North Korea during the Biden administration. The United States has plenty of work to do in mending international fences without involving ourselves in sheer lunacy. Kim Jong-un knows that attacking another …
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To Create a Nation of Insanity, the First Casualty Must Be Truth
What four-star general, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell said here may sound trivial or obvious at first, but when we let it roll around in our heads for a few …
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William Penn Sends His Love Through the Centuries
Here, William Penn stands atop Philadelphia’s City Hall, with the Ben Franklin Parkway leading to the Art Museum in the distance. Like most cities, Philly is quite beautiful in snow. Penn, certainly the world’s most famous Quaker, is a reminder …
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Fox “News” Cancels Show of Its Most Incendiary Liar
The recently filed 10-figure lawsuits against Fox News may have brought this to final fruition, but one has to think is was already in the works. Dobbs is Hannity on steroids, and perhaps Fox figured out that this daily barrage …
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Iowa Farmers See Climate Change, Doubt It’s Human-Caused
Well, I’ve always said, if you want a comprehensive scientific analysis of something based on Newtonian mechanics, particle physics, thermodynamics, and inorganic chemistry, ask a guy with a high school education who grows wheat. I know how mean and condescending …
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Lawyers, Guns and Money
As recently as 30 years ago there were American jurists, and conservative ones at that, who had completely different interpretations of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution from what we have now. What changed? How about big money in …
What’s Going Away, and What’s Not
The caricature here illustrates a sad truth about what we can expect going forward in American society. The former president is most definitely “going away,” as he deals with probable criminal prosecution and financial ruination, as well as a slow …
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Over the Last Century, Did Any of the Democrats Actually Take Your Guns?
Unfortunately, the reasoning here is lost on the gun crowd. Virtually nobody, regardless of his position on the political spectrum, is trying to make it impossible for a sane American citizen of the age of majority to purchase, register, and …
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