Category: Sustainability

Prosecutors in the Kyle Rittenhouse case were not able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Rittenhouse wasn’t acting in self defense.  The kid walks. If I were on the jury I would have gone the same way, given what …

Rittenhouse Walks–Here’s What Should Have Happened   Read More »

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Last year, a school board in the Midwest banned “To Kill a Mocking Bird” on the basis that “it could make people uncomfortable.” This is both sad and ironic, insofar as that’s the point of the book. The author of …

Banning Books: Why So Regressive? Read More »

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Kyle Rittenhouse admitted to a misdemeanor weapons possession and the judge dropped the charge. When my mom asked me if I thought that was incorrect, I made two points: a) Wisconsin state law 948.60(2)(a) states: “Any person under 18 years …

Judge in Rittenhouse Homicide Trial Dismisses Charge Against the Defendant Read More »

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Hope this makes you smile, as it did me. I know I’m not alone in saying that I’m so glad I’m not in the dating scene at this point in U.S. history.  There are simply too many people walking around …

“God Sent Trump To Us” Read More »

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Not all ignorant people are racists, but all racists are ignorant. That in and of itself is a good reason to fund public education.  

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America was blessed to have one of the best human beings the world has ever produced as its president in the late 1970s. Carter’s aspirations for his country, shown here, may never be achieved, but it won’t be because he …

Jimmy Carter, Fine Human Being Read More »

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Alex Jones, who claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was a “giant hoax,” was found liable for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the shooting. A reader, apparently someone from abroad, asks: I don’t understand why he …

Alex Jones Found Liable for Damages in Defamation Cases Read More »

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About 75 years ago Herman Herring gave a testimony in the Nuremberg court, he was asked:  “How did you force the German people to accept all this?” He replied: “It was easy, it has nothing to do with Nazism, it is related to …

Fear as Motivation Read More »

It’s true that most progressives don’t want to “come together” with garden-variety Trump supporters.  We reject the hate, the racism, the attack on democracy, the war mongering, the cruelty, and the further enrichment of the super-wealthy at the expense of …

Loving One’s Enemy Read More »

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Michael Flynn, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, suggested that the United States should have just one religion. Said Flynn: “If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one …

Trump National Security Advisor Has Twisted Views on Religion–What a Surprise Read More »

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