Anyone who lets a philosophy destroy his perception of the world is an idiot. A possible exception to this is Schopenhauer’s statement (which I paraphrase): We live our lives in such a way to distract us from the fact that …
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What Can We Learn from Emerson? — Another Thought
In my recent post: What Can We Learn from Emerson? I wondered why I have a lower opinion of the world and the people living on it than I did a decade ago, and I contemplated what that says about …
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What Can We Learn from Emerson?
Many of us have come across this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, but have we really thought about it? I hadn’t until just now. I’ll admit that I have a lower opinion of the world and the people living on …
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Where Did the American Working Class Go So Tragically Wrong?
Many pundits in the U.S. political arena have this subject on their minds: how did we get to a point where working class Americans–mainly white, religious folks with high school diplomas, residing in the center of the country, generally working …
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Yes, Good Things Happen to Bad People, But …..
I just had a conversation with a friend who laments that one of the scummiest people she knows received a huge and unexpected inheritance. Thinking of the song performed in the video below, I replied, “Good things happen to bad …
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We Can Make Choices, But Is Sexual Preference One of Them?
I had a talk with a friend recently about all the angst associated with “grooming” our kids. Lots of folks apparently think that kids choose their sexual orientation and exposing them to the mere concept of homosexuality could cause them …
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The Value of Education
Here in the United States, tax breaks for the wealthiest individuals and corporations have brought us to a point at which our educational standards in our public schools are in freefall. As Pythagoras observed 2500 years ago, decisions like these …
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Nutria and Our Wetland Environment
Yesterday, I happened to meet a guy who works for the California Department of Fish and Game whose life’s work is hunting nutria, an invasive species of rodent shown at left. “What’s the deal with the nutria?” I asked? The …
We May Look Back? Really?
As we take in these words of the great primatologist Jane Goodall, one obvious thought is this: How sure are we that we’ll still be here at some point in the future to have the opportunity to look back? In …
Corporate Arrogance and Greed Doesn’t Always Pay Off
As the story of Brian Thompson, the late CEO of United Health, ripples into and ultimately out of our news cycle, the subject of corporate greed resurfaces once again. It’s clear that this guy’s organization, known for its exuberance in …
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