If you want to watch a four-minute video that will inspire you to the point of tears, you won’t do much better than this. Admiral William H. McRaven has been a voice of integrity over the past five years. He’s …
Category: Sustainability
Inspiration and Integrity
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More on Population Control
Let me make another point to Britt Bee, who writes: We all need to be very careful about being rich white people telling poor brown people (how to lead sustainable lives). Indeed. Ironically, we actually need these people in rural …
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Population Control
Britt Bee writes: Any discussion of population is a minefield and population control itself is considered a ‘wicked problem.’ Traditionally, thwarting population growth has been associated with racism and eugenics and it will take a lot of unpacking to arrive …
Being a Disgusting Person Isn’t Illegal
They’re despicable people, but they didn’t break the law. The situation is the same with Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, who drove her kid to a protest, knowing, I’m sure, that he’d be armed when he got there. Our laws, regardless of …
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Finding Joy
A reader sent me this simple key to happiness. Here are alternatives, off the top of my head. You can: Choose whatever religion you want, including none at all, and Make an effort to understand what’s happening in the world, …
Tagged with: making the world a better place to live
A Day in the Life of Sue Republican – by Kathy Joe North
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 …
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We’re Losing Our Children, and There Is No End in Sight
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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Ending Racism
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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A Bit Far-Fetched?
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. …
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Does Killing a Defenseless Animal Make One a “Badass?”
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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