Anyone looking for a little inspiration may find it in this work from Joan Baez calling for justice for Iranian women. Brings tears to my eyes. Based on the lives of many artists, of which Baez is just one, those …
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At a conference on sustainability a few years ago I learned that, on average, a cordless drill is used for nine minutes between the time it comes off the shelf at the hardware store until finds its way into a …
Here’s a good example of the appeal to hatred and indifference to human suffering that lies at the very core of the Republican Party platform.
Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor from 161 to 180 CE, was an adherent of the Stoic philosophy, which I would summarize as valuing our limited time of Earth, and making ourselves the best people possible by focusing on long-term virtues rather …
I can’t imagine Freud really said this. Obviously, I can’t read others’ thoughts, but it strikes me that people who behave with compassion and reason are less likely to have “demons” inside than those who are overtly irrational and mean.
The sentiment expressed at left makes sense to many of us, but, upon reflection, it comes from two completely disparate camps: the opposite ends of the IQ bell curve. We happily grant that people like Mozart, Einstein, Monet, and Mark …
A reader notes: Many of the Christians in the USA think Jesus’s return is not far off, thus a huge disincentive for long term sustainability. I actually ran into a fellow who told me that we was rooting for the …
Here’s a fabulous episode of the widely syndicated radio show Fresh Air, featuring ProPublica investigative reporter Abrahm Lustgarten discussing the crisis of water shortages in the American west. Climate change has brought about severe and apparently unending droughts here. We …
I believe this was true when Bertrand Russell said it in 1926, in his lecture that was later transcribed into the essay “Why I Am Not a Christian.” It’s certainly less so today, given the statements and actions of Pope …
FWIW, I side with the existentialists on this matter. I.e., I hold that there is no purpose or meaning to our lives other than that which we convey onto it. Obviously, many people disagree. Some believe God has a plan …
