Why the Rest of the Developed World Enjoys Longer and Healthier Lives
Upon reading the words at left, our first thoughts should be: OK, but watch out for the difference between causation and correlation. Yes, Americans have low life expectancies, and we’re also the only developed country that doesn’t offer universal healthcare. But mightn’t there be other causative factors that are killing us?
What about:
• Lousy education leading to low-paying, highly stressful jobs with short/no paid vacation?
• Rising costs of living driven largely by greedy corporations?
• The poisons in our diets and poor nutrition overall?
• Institutional racism and hate, things that are antipathetic to a calm and harmonious life?
• The knowledge that our country’s government is doing everything in its power to destroy the natural environment?
We lead complete arrays of toxic lifestyles. What precisely do we expect?
Here’s a disgusting reminder of how far we’ve fallen in the past few decades. Just 40 years ago, America was a completely different place than it is now.
The duty of journalism, as expressly protected in the U.S. Constitution, is to provide a check against authoritarianism.
At left: An overflow crowd has arrived at the Santa Barbara (805 area code) Board of Supervisors meeting. The recent immigration raids and follow up service needs will be discussed. The District Attorney and Sheriff are expected to speak along with numerous members of the public. 
Apparently, a whopping 12,000 homes are currently for sale in this Florida town, though I can’t determine exactly which one is under discussion.
There are various ways to describe the activities of ICE in today’s America, but I don’t think “chaos” is a good one.
To the reader who sent me this:
We’re impressed with good people’s bravery when they resign from their career positions in protest of things that are clearly wrong. But we’re saddened to realize that this means that the concentration of cowards who remain just increased.
At left is a reminder of how anxious Trump supporters are for a distraction from current events at the White House.
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