A reader notes: I’d like to think virtually no musician has lived a better life than Bob Weir. More than 60 years touring and doing what he loved. We should all strive for that much joy in our lives. This …
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Humankind’s great minds, starting with the ancient Greek philosophers, and leading all the way up to our modern-day thinkers, have been warning us of the consequences we’d face for our ignorance and hate.
Are you serious? Why do you think we’re destroying the Amazon rainforest, other than to make more room for beef cattle? We’re wrecking our planet to make McDonald’s rich beyond belief. The only larger contributor to environmental collapse is the …
I love supporting the thrift store economy, in both donations and purchases. I had six suits and about 80 ties at one point; now I have one suit and perhaps four ties. Somewhere around here, there are people who now …
Growing up in the 60s and early 70s, I was one of millions of young people who read Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and found them both extremely well-written and philosophically compelling. But then, as we aged, virtually …
There have been many attempts to inform our society that consumerism is a choice, but so is a more minimalist lifestyle. “The Story of Stuff,” founded by environmentalist Annie Leonard, is perhaps the best example. I once met Annie at …
Pete Buttigieg, always on point, brings clarity to the matter. At home, we have tax cuts for billionaires while children starve, stagnant wages for the working class, homeless veterans, the National Guard in our streets in an effort to solve …
The words at left come from an old college friend who had a stratospheric career in law, especially as it applies to the workplace, and went onto to teach, coach, mentor, and author books on the subject.
We’ve all had bad luck. Here’s an example from my life as a marketing consultant to large tech companies, including IBM and Hewlett-Packard. I had just flown into Phoenix from Boston, landing in the late evening and getting a taxi …
Good going. Should have happened a century ago.
