Here’s a product for sale that is completely illegal, in most if not all of our 50 states, it both blocks the driver’s vision and distracts him from his task. I would hope that it’s illegal to sell a product …
A Marker of the Depravity We Find in Today’s World Read More »
From this: Happy Birthday to the incomparable Dr. Jane Goodall! Today, we celebrate the 88th birthday of a changemaker who has inspired millions of people around the world to take action on behalf of the planet we share. Dr. Goodall …
Here’s something from a local woman. I had forgotten that this ever existed. Which seems like a better idea: a) install a high-end water filter under your kitchen sink for a few hundred dollars, or b) eat up part of …
The question here is remarkable in that it could have been posed at any time since humankind formed its first agrarian societies about 10,000 years ago, and that this concern has recently intensified with what has happened in Russia, China, …
When I came across this meme on India’s roadways, I wrote: “Does this represent a legitimate path to sustainability, via a new use of waste plastic?” A reader responds: Not sure how that would hold up in Canada’s extremely changeable …
Re: the meme here, wait a second. An authoritarian regime really is illegally invading a democratic republic and slaughtering its civilians. A bunch of people really are trying to overthrow the U.S. government. Anti-vaxxers really are making it harder to …
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Jean de La Bruyère was a 17th Century French philosopher who made a very interesting remark about the (apparently few) people of the day whose only pleasure was the acquisition of money. I’m afraid I have bad news for Jean’s …
This is what’s known as defunding the police. It means calling the police off of incidents in which no physical force is required, allowing them to focus the entirety of their efforts where someone could be injured of killed. See …
This is a very interesting idea, but I don’t believe it for a second. Think for a moment what Trump’s political career would have been like if he had come on the scene 20 years ago. He would have made …
Ever since I was a boy I’ve been coming across theories to the effect that humankind finds itself at the end of a cycle that starts with the development of rudimentary technology, then radio (speed of light) communications, followed by …
