I believe that the only good thing about living in the 21st Century is technology, which made our lives longer, healthier, and far more convenient than they were at any time in human history. The rest of this crap you …
Category: Sustainability
Seeing Both Sides
A reader sent me this quote from a police chief: It’s not the police who need to be retrained, it’s the public. We have grown into a mouthy, mobile phone wielding, vulgar, uncivil society with no personal responsibility and the …
The Way Religion Fits Into Western Society Hasn’t Changed Too Much
Here’s a glass-is-half-full kind of atheist whose attitude should be admired. Look at how close we are to complete agreement! I’m reminded of a guided tour I once had at the J. Paul Getty collection of antiquities. I asked the …
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The End of American Democracy Is the Story
Timothy David Snyder is an American author and historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the Holocaust. He is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute …
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What Does It Mean To Be an American?
A reader notes: Donald Trump just endorsed Viktor Orban. Orban is an anti-Semitic, racist, authoritarian despot who has crushed democratic institutions in Hungary, attacked the free press, and politicized rule of law. No wonder Trump likes him. All our lives …
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Vicious Cycle in Public Education
The point being made here may sound obvious to you, but that’s because you’re an educated person who understands a) this core tenet of public schooling, and b) that you’re not well equipped to craft school curricula.
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U.S. Democracy Teetering on the Brink, But Let’s Keep This in Perspective
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 …
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The Simplicity of Being a Decent Human Being
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.
Dostoyevsky on Suffering
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 …
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Looking Ahead
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 …
