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 …
Category: Sustainability
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 …
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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 …
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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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Young People Who Refuse To Get Vaccinated
There is a huge hole in this analogy. The disasters for which we buy insurance, e.g., injury, illness, fires, and car accidents happen to us. Spreading COVID-19 happens to others. Young people who refuse to get vaccinated, like the ass**** …
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Andy Borowitz: Millions of Americans Hesitant About Having Brakes Installed In Cars
The New Yorker comedy superstar Andy Borowitz does it again. If there is someone better at lampooning American stupidity, I sure would like to meet him. At the same time that there are people in Kenya walking 30 miles to …
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Convicting Trump
Though this is funny, it speaks to something very serious in me, and I rather feel I’m not alone. I want to see Trump go down hard, but I often wonder if it’s for my own gratification, or the knowledge …
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The Facebook School of Medicine
There must be dozens of online references to people’s claiming that their studies have qualified them to have an opinion on a subject that differs from those of trained experts in the field. It’s sickening to hear a Trump supporter …
