Life Really IS Short, But What Does That Mean in Practical Terms?
From Steve Colbert: Rolls-Royce set an all-time sales record in 2021. The company’s CEO said, “Quite a lot of people witnessed people in their community dying from Covid, that makes them think life can be short, and you’d better live now.” It’s all summed up in their slogan (seen at left).
So true. There are people who want to communicate to the world, “I’m rich and I have exactly zero compassion for those around me.”
I keep saying that soon, it won’t be cool to live so as to hog resources that could be used to alleviate suffering in others. So far I’ve been completely incorrect.
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At this point, it looks as though the extreme right-wing interests are going to prevail in grinding the “Build Back Better” bill into the pavement. Some of the bravest and most committed souls in Congress haven’t given up, but it appears that America will have to move forward with essentially no progress in areas that the vast majority of voters support. The alternative is that Biden gets credit for something, and that’s unthinkable. 
We’ve all observed how our political philosophies evolve as we age.
Let’s admit it: With each passing day during which no indictments were unsealed, our collective blood pressure goes up another couple of millimeters of mercury.
One of the most interesting vectors associated with the pandemic is seen in a case like the one described at left.
The attack on reason that we’re seeing here in America is, unfortunately, multi-pronged.
If you’re looking for something that 
I’m happy to report that I don’t know a single soul stupid enough to believe 
