Reader Ron Reasoner, ridiculing the idea shown here, writes, “A 30% increase in production raises a PV solar panels output from 15% efficiency to 19.5% efficiency. All that for double the price plus added installation costs.” It’s actually worse than …
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Life’s Often Astonishing
A fellow who is five years my senior at the Quaker-based independent school William Penn Charter in Philadelphia (pictured) went on to graduate from Princeton University. Because Quakers are pacifists and Princeton is such a venerable institution, when I reconnected …
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An Alien Invasion? Aren’t We More Worried About the Invasion We Have Right Now By One of Our Own Kind?
The threat of an alien invasion has rightfully entertained the attention of all Earth people since the late 19th Century. And there have been certain times in the interim that it was the greatest putative threat against our population. Perhaps …
Dying of Whiteness
Pictured here, Jonathan Metzl is a doctor and professor at Vanderbilt University. In his book Dying of Whiteness, he examines how it’s possible that the life expectancy for white males has fallen for three consecutive years–the first such instance since …
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On Memorial Day We Look Back at Horrific Times in America, and the Presidents Who Were There for Us
I hope you’ll take a few minutes of your day and check out this fine piece that presents what each president since Jimmy Carter said and did for the country in tragic times. Powerful stuff.
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A Government that Works for All the People
My mom and I engaged in yet another enjoyable and mutually respectful political discussion the other evening. As usual, neither one of us succeeded in changing the other’s belief system one iota, but that’s not the point; it’s always fun …
Trump Blasted from New, Strange Sources
Someone wrote: Ann Coulter went on an early Sunday morning Twitter tear, calling President Donald Trump “the most disloyal actual retard that has ever set foot in the Oval Office.”….never in my wildest dreams did I think I would agree …
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An Age of White Terrorism
Trump’s efforts to divide the nation have been incredibly successful, and they’ve brought about all-too-predictable consequences. One, of course, is the empowerment of white supremacists and the threat these dolts represent to everyday Americans. Fifteen years ago we lived in …
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Renewable Energy Has Lots of Uses
This guy is offering for sale: All in one solution, solar freezer, solar tv, solar cooker and solar fan. Is he saying that he can power appliances with solar energy? Didn’t we already know that? I did a live television …
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A Shocking Experience
If you want a powerful experience, read (or at least skim) through this speech to the very end.
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