It’s both surprising and disappointing to see our country’s greatest minds, like Mark Twain and Robert Frost, make comments like this about education. Would our children be better off illiterate? Unable to find Russia on a globe? Believing that the …
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Discussion on Gun Control
The message at left is that we live among people who believe that every U.S. citizen should be armed at all times. Every teacher, real estate agent, pastry chef, little old lady, and perhaps even our kids themselves, so often …
Why Education Is Such a Low Priority
What Karl Marx said here has been repeated by many dozens of people over the years, notably George Carlin (see below).
Gun Control
At left is a post from “Real Texas Conservatives.” When I first came across it, I wasn’t going to dignify it with a response. But then it occurred to me to remind readers that, over the last 30 years, 78% …
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From 20th Century Super-Engineer Buckminster Fuller
At left we have a good example of sanity. What we have in the real world is lunacy. It’s true that selfishness is unnecessary. But it’s one of few things that human beings living in capitalist societies do well.
McDonald’s? Maybe Not.
I’m not a dietician, but I’m willing to take a stab at something here. Living on fat, sugar, salt, and low-grade meat is not a recipe for good health. As disastrous as McDonald’s is for personal health, it’s even worse …
Meat–It’s What’s for Dinner, if You Don’t Care about the Animals or the Planet
We often hear meat-eaters say things like, “If beef isn’t good, why do the manufacturers of plant-based burgers try so hard to make their burgers taste like real meat?” There is no doubt that cow and pig meat tastes and …
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Making the World a Better Place — Is that Folly?
What a strange thing for someone to say, given that there are millions of people all around the globe who are clearly making the world a better place — every single day of their lives. Think of all the organizations …
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Why Norwegians Aren’t Coming to the United States
At left we see someone’s assessment of why Norwegians are staying put. Note that the reasons provided here are largely pragmatic. Yet I would guess that most of these folks have, in addition, a philosophic take on the matter. Scandinavians …
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Moronocracy
Quite possibly the single most offensive part of the Trump presidency is that the White House has gone to a great deal of effort to find the very most incompetent people to fill the government’s most important positions. We have …
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