Neither my wife nor I eats a single Kellogg product, so we can offer our emotional support to the enormous boycott that’s being leveled against this corporate swine. One would think that a purveyor of consumer staples like this would …
Category: Sustainability
War Is Monstrous
In my recent post on the Peace Dividend, I noted that a group of 50 Nobel laureates is suggesting that 2% of what the world now spends on the military be shifted to addressing problems like poverty, climate change, and …
Deporting Refugees Who Face Death Is Wrong
Here, two Jewish people protest deportation in 1936. Reminds me of what happens every day on the U.S. southern border.
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Design Engineering Breakthrough Has Limits
Here’s the story of how a young man won an award in design engineering for his unique process that turns kombucha waste into synthetic wood. I have no problem with this, except for the claim that this could curb deforestation. …
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Kindness as Religion
What’s the difference between saying “My religion is kindness” and “I don’t have a religion; I’m a human being with a good heart?” He then goes on to encourage all of humankind to be the same. It’s a life accomplishment …
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Oh Holy Night
“Sing it.” I just did, to the phrasing of the piece, as linked here. This was written when Christians still believed in the teachings of Christ.
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Nothing Says “Christmas” Like Assault Rifles in the Hands of Little Children
A reader notes: Perhaps I’m just out of sync with the times, but I fail to understand the connection between high powered weapons and Christmas. Ha! Yes, I’m afraid you are indeed out of sync with the times. There is …
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The “Natural World” No Longer Exists
The author here makes an excellent point. There are 140 different synthetic chemicals in our bodies, and there are PCBs in the arctic. There is no more “natural world.”
Government Criminals No Longer Need To Hide Their Activities
It’s hard to imagine how anyone could disagree with this. Of course, some politicians take this to the next level. DeJoy owns tens of millions of dollars in holdings in a competitor to the Post Office that he’s been ruining …
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When Facts Don’t Matter
This is brilliant. Here we are, 70 years later, noting how truth has been the main casualty in the war between Donald Trump and those who oppose him. And it’s true: you can’t have fascism without destroying the notion of …
