Several theories could be advanced as to why the United States is the only nation in the developed world that doesn’t offer its citizens government-sponsored healthcare. By far the most obvious is that a population of healthy and happy people …
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This from a reader: The founder of Dubai, Sheik Rashid, was asked about the future of his country, and he replied, “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I ride a Mercedes, my son rides a Land …
Plato then went on to write, “Wealth and poverty; one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.” Since organized human civilization emerged on this planet, people have been commenting …
In terms of personal character, Jimmy Carter may have been the very finest human being ever to occupy the White House. Note how different this humble, deferential statement on his faith is from the way today’s Republicans use fanatical Christianity …
The first thing to acknowledge here is that China is not a free country, so of course, they can command anything they choose to be built. Americans are free to get filthy rich, and are under no obligation, legally or …
There is a lot to love about the United States, which is why when people in developing parts of the world are asked where they’d like to live, they name the U.S. far more frequently than any other nation on …
I chuckled the other day when I saw that someone had referred to me as an “eco-Nazi.” Of course, there’s nothing funny about this at all; there is a reason our planet’s on fire, and a large part of it …
Here’s a wonderful movement, “The Third Act,” whose message is that elderly people, despite cues from society that they no longer matter, are actually needed more than ever if our civilization is to get on a sustainable path. Earlier in …
I know how this guy Joshua feels. So does my wife. She used to live for news feeds on her phone that may have brought her a thrilling piece of “breaking news” about the implosion of Trump or some such. …
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 …
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