“This Is the Only Story Now”–Why Most Americans Feel an Empty Deadness Inside
I normally link to, rather than reprint, others’ pieces in their entirety, especially if they’re longer than a paragraph or two, but I’m thrilled to make an exception with this masterpiece by Esquire Magazine’s Charles Pierce. In the same breath, he communicates the horrible truth of what’s occurring in America, along with a haunting description of the hollow emptiness that most Americans carry around with themselves as a result. (more…)
Speaking about climate change mitigation and other efforts to achieve some level of environmental responsibility, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes, “I would guess that the election of Trump set the world back ~6 years, assuming we get rid of his administration in 2020. That will hurt our efforts, and will cause tremendous harm. But there are far more than 6 years in the future, and we haven’t lost them all.” 
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If you don’t believe the content of the meme here, it’s probably because you’ve never been an entrepreneur, or held responsibility for a corporate P&L. 
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Let’s begin with the admission that this generality is unfair to a great number of people; we all know many Christians who are very fine people.
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