This does sound scary until you realize that whatever happens here and now in the United States is just a blip on the screen of world history. All would-be totalitarians ban the teaching of truth, but, even if they are …
U.S. Democracy Teetering on the Brink, But Let’s Keep This in Perspective Read More »
We really do have a twisted notion of what it means to want our fellows to be healthy. It’s a shame we have such a hard time with the core elements of living in a society.
This quote here reminds me of a time when I was running my marketing services agency. I had many personal assistants through the decades, but my favorite one called me, in tears, one morning at home shortly before I left …
Considering the events of the past two years, few of us have high hopes for 2022. I don’t feel that way. There is a very good chance that this year will see a pandemic under control, the insurrection put to …
Seems like a good time to remind Americans that socialism and capitalism do not exist in their pure form anywhere on this planet. Take a moment and imagine our lives without our physical infrastructure, police, fire fighting, criminal justice, national …
We all understand that good people outnumber bad people by many orders of magnitude. Sadly, that’s not the issue that’s going to serve as the make/break point in determining the outcome of human civilization. The power of unchecked evil runs …
Good People Outnumber the Bad Guys, But That’s Not What Counts Read More »
I wish I could think of something nice to say about American society as we enter the year 2022, but we’re not getting much right. In particular, we have an extremely cruel healthcare system, held in place only because of …
Critiques of capitalism have been rolling around in human civilization since the publication of Das Kapital in 1867. I’m not here to add anything substantive to that conversation, except to address the issue posed here by the late Desmond Tutu. …
It’s always preferable that people act intelligently and for the good of all without being forced to. This was clearly the thinking of the people who installed the signs here. In cases like a snowy road with very little traffic, …
In his day, Frank Zappa was known not only as one of the world’s finest musicians, but as an astute social critic. One of the points he felt strongest about was how civics had been eliminated from school curricula, and …
