Category: Sustainability

Sue gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With her first swallow of coffee, she takes …

A Day in the Life of Sue Republican – by Kathy Joe North Read More »

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Interesting perspective. At this point, it’s clear that there is no limit to the loss of our children that will motivate Congress to pass even the mildest and most obvious gun legislation.

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A reader sent me the meme here.  Apparently he thinks that ignoring our terrible past and our completely unacceptable present will produce a fabulous future, free of racism. Are there any other problems that evaporate by ignoring them?  Tooth decay?  …

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Doesn’t this seem a bit extreme?  “They” don’t teach you how to grow vegetables because they want you dependent on …… the grocery store? Many thousands of years ago, humankind noticed that not everyone had the capacity to produce everything.  …

A Bit Far-Fetched? Read More »

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Is there a single decent human being who wouldn’t love to have a bear cub hugging his leg? Assuaging others’ misery is one of the very best feelings available to humankind. Sadly, it seems to have fallen out of fashion …

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The guy has a point.  Those with fanatical views tend to be consistent in their fanaticism. Note that very little of this existed five years ago.  Now we have millions of people who believe, from the BBC:  the completely unfounded …

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This is the point I was making with my wife on our morning walk today. Yes, there are many different kinds of pressure being put on the integrity of our election processes: corruption, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and my personal favorite, …

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From Wikipedia: The SPLC  it is known for its legal cases against white supremacist groups, its classification of hate groups and other extremist organizations, and for promoting tolerance education programs. From the Southern Poverty Law Center: As we celebrate #GivingTueseday today, we are so grateful …

Southern Poverty Law Center Tracks Hate Groups Read More »

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Author/satirist Jonathan Swift left us with this: If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning, etc., beginning from his youth and so go on to old age, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would …

Some of Us Change Radically in the Course of Our Lives Read More »

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This is funny, but part of me doesn’t look at anti-vaxxers as enemies, but rather the rightful object of our pity.  Living with all that hate and ignorance must be terrible. Moreover, we have the practical applications.  Returning hate with …

Are Anti-Vaxxers Our “Enemy?” Read More »

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