The meme here is funny, but, news flash: Very few Americans could even tell you who Heiddeger was; let alone what he meant. I had to add his name to my dictionary just now.
Having said that, this gives me an opportunity to make a point: in large measure, Western philosophy has largely been supplanted by Western science. (more…)
The largest climate rally in history, California: Rise for Climate, Jobs, & Justice, is happening in San Francisco this coming Saturday, September 8th. (more…)
Speaking about her support of Trump, a wealthy friend of a friend explains, “I know he’s a terrible person, but I agree with his ideas, and he’s doing good for me.” Read: He’s keeping people with brown skin far away from me, he’s making rich people richer, and I really couldn’t care less about anything else. (more…)
There is a breadth of possible reactions to President Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. federal government rescind NBC’s broadcast license due to its participation in “fake news.”
You could say that this is a terrible idea, because it shows how little Trump knows about the law and the workings of the FCC. (more…)
I could have told you that the content of the chart below wasn’t good, but I couldn’t have told you why, until I read this, from Glenn Doty: (more…)
Here’s a quick video on the virtues of hemp, an extremely inexpensive and versatile industrial product that grows quickly in many regions around the world. (more…)
From the New York Times: Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues over the past decade than they cost. (more…)
From this piece of the Global Happiness Index:
Traditionally, the global index has been dominated by Europe’s Nordic countries. The five Nordic countries that continually score high in the ranking “are doing something right in terms of creating good conditions for good lives,” noted Meik Wiking, CEO of the Copenhagen-based Happiness Research Institute. “Briefly put, (these countries ) are good at converting wealth into well-being.” (more…)
Question: How many times more carbon would Trump’s proposed power plan send into the atmosphere than the Clean Power Plan passed during the Obama administration?
Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. (more…)
My pro-nuke friends spend a great deal of time reading Science Magazine and circulating articles they find most germane to environmental issues. (more…)
