Actor/activist George Takei asks a good question. Considering the rate of change in our world, how long must we hang onto the precise ideas that folks from the 1780s had about how government should conduct itself? Nobody’ s talking about …
Our Founding Fathers’ Beliefs In Our “Inalienable Rights” Read More »
From the time I was a small boy until just the past few years, I believed exactly what Bertrand Russell said here. Two centuries before Russell, Voltaire had pointed out, referring to religion as the basis for most of our …
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If you polled 100 randomly chosen atheists and asked them to defend their (lack of) belief, it may be the “moral argument”(shown at left) that you’d hear most often. If, in your mind, God is asking you to be a …
As I covered in my recent post Alex Jones Goes on Trial in Huge Defamation Case, it appears that justice is on its way. Well, we hope. This trial will be conducted in Texas, a state that is home to …
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Adding bacon to an Impossible Burger? This reminds me of people who drive electric Hummers. Those who are concerned about their carbon footprint would do well to choose a vehicle that doesn’t weigh 9000+ pounds.
Most people cannot bring themselves to hunt animals for sport, though it’s idiotic to blame those who eat what they kill. In any case, the guy here represents my personal sensibilities on the matter. Love the cat.
Here’s 36-year-old Sanna Marin, the Prime Minister of Finland. To me, it’s a photo that says that progressive nations, i.e., those that place a high value on the well-being of all the people, recognize that government doesn’t need to be …
From his Wikipedia page: Richard Rohr is an American Franciscan priest and writer on spirituality based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church in 1970. In 2011 PBS called him “one of …
John Locke was one of the most influential thinkers of the European Enlightenment, whose works became central to the U.S. Constitution. What he says here is worth noting, given the close brush we just had with the demotion of law …
Meet Mildred Lisette Norman, aka the Peace Pilgrim, an American spiritual teacher, mystic, and peace activist for 28 years during the mid-20th Century. She walked across the United States, speaking with others about peace, and was on her seventh cross-country …
Throughout History, There Have Been Many Who Came in Peace Read More »
