Some people say that nonstop growth in consumption lies at the root of a healthy civilization. If this were a planet of infinite size with resources that could never be depleted, there might be some merit to this claim. As …
Category: Sustainability
Moderates and Extremists
My wife and I were discussing my recent post: Eisenhower on War the other day, and she asked, “Eisenhower was a Republican. Did he really say that? It seems so progressive.” I explained that the platform of the Republican Party …
Tagged with: environmental responsibility
Shouldn’t We Be Teaching….?
This sounds good, until you realize that we live in a world with white supremacists, COVID disinformation spreaders, climate deniers, war mongers, insurrectionists, oil company lobbyists, and a very long list of others whose doctrines must be refuted.
Eisenhower on War
There were a few short periods of time in history when it appeared that humankind might avoid the fate of never-ending war. The years that followed both the world wars of the 20th Century are probably good examples. At this …
Viewing the World Through Different Lenses
The image here has a peculiar quality to it, does it? It’s one of these things in our lives that suggests there can be two or more equally valid ways of looking at the world. Some people say this applies …
America’s Failed Coup
From the New York Times: The exchange unfolded during a phone call on December 27 in which Mr. Trump pressed the acting attorney general at the time, Jeffrey A. Rosen, and his deputy, Richard P. Donoghue, on voter fraud claims …
Bottled Water
Here’s a piece on bottled water that doesn’t even get into the issue of plastic waste. Nestlé CEO Brabeck-Letmathe called the idea that water is a human right “extreme.” This really is one of the ugliest enterprises on the face of …
Democracy in America
From the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of writer Alexis de Tocqueville, born in Paris (1805). He was 25 years old when the French government sent him to America to study the prison system. He spent nine months touring towns and cities …
Tagged with: Democracy in America
Industry Trade Shows: Plastics
We all hope that the pandemic will be under control soon, and that the important events that drive commerce like industry trade shows will resume. Linked below is one scheduled for August concerning plastic. I have to confess that I …
Tagged with: impact of plastic on the global environment
Huge Correlation Between Compliance with COVID-19 Directives and Reduced Case Numbers
Vermonters are known to be quirky, but in general they’re fine, intelligent people. Is there another state in which Bernie Sanders could be the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history? It took some time, but now we’re seeing extremely strong correlations between …
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