“The strangest transformation in human history?” No. Perverting the teachings of Christ has been a hallmark of Western civilization for at least a thousand years. Remember the Crusades? The Spanish Inquisition? The slaughter of the Native Americans? What actually has …
Category: Sustainability
Human Rights
Here’s a cute way of expressing a message that the not-too-bright segment of the libertarians is fond of. Call me weird, but I believe in human rights, i.e., things to which everyone is entitled. Now, of course, exactly what those …
Music in Our Schools
This video is entitled “Vivaldi on Marimba from South African schoolchildren.” A better title would be “Vivaldi on Marimba from South African schoolchildren whose parents are amazingly rich.” This level of quality in education isn’t common, anywhere around the globe. …
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Quakerism and Environmental Stewardship
The mission of the William Penn Charter School, founded in 1689, is to provide a high-quality K-12 education on a platform of Quaker principles: Belief in seeking peace with oneself and others, in accepting and respecting each individual’s uniqueness, in …
What Progressives Want
I’m amused when I see people remark that the United States is a leftist nation. Yes, we have a few anti-capitalist intellectuals, of whom Naomi Klein is probably the most visible (perhaps Noam Chomsky), but imagine how far we are …
Using Waste Energy
Here’s one of many hundreds of uses of energy that would otherwise be wasted. Does the cost of installation and maintenance make all this worthwhile? I have no clue.
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What Teachers Actually Do
I’ve posted things like this before, because it’s a point worth making. Americans get led around by the nose by politicians who take advantage of our ignorance and our insatiable thirst for hateful bullshit. It’s pathetic.
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Environmental and Social Justice
The other day I mentioned to a friend that there are more than 200,000 groups on this planet in “environmental and social justice,” which sent the conversation down the rabbit hole about controversies surrounding social justice. I’ve had this happen …
Are You a “Jesus” Christian or a Republican Christian?
As Gandhi said, “I like your Christ, but I really don’t like your Christians; they’re nothing like Christ.”
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Criminal Arguments Should Aim for the Obvious
Apparently, Jerry Blackwell, the prosecutor in the George Floyd murder trial, left jurors with these final words before deliberation began: “The truth of the matter is that the reason (Floyd) is dead is because (his murderer Derek) Chauvin’s heart was …
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