At its very best, Fox News makes its viewers mean and stupid. Normally, however, it’s far worse. Often, Fox is an active menace to the health and safety of its viewers and everyone who could possibly come into contact with …
Category: Sustainability
Even in a Nightmarish World, Quitting Isn’t an Option
The Greek thinker Epictetus, like the other Stoics, believed that philosophy should be a firm and steady guide, moving one’s life in a positive and virtuous direction in which every moment counts. Memento mori–Remember that you will die. What Epictetus …
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Bolsonaro’s Days Numbered?
It’s possible that there is no single thing that would be better for this planet than the removal of right-wing strongman Jair Bolsonaro from the presidency of Brazil. His attempt to commandeer the military has the nation horrified, and what …
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Ceasing to Support War Weapons in Our Society Is One Small Way To Make Them Go Away
I’m with you on this one, Jim. I’ve always been heavy into boycotting. I won’t go into stores with Fox News on, or those that are owned by bigots. That goes double for places of business that allow the carrying …
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Stupidity Is the Moist Potting Soil and Warm Sunlight in Which Conspiracy Theories Grow
Jerrold, an old acquaintance, sent me this video yesterday, which made claims including these: WHERE YOUR TAXES GO – ILLEGAL ALIENS – from the L.A. Times 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens. Over 2/3’s …
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Fake Meat?
A reader notes: There was a movie called “Soylent Green” in the 1970s where the food was made out of people. I won’t be eating any of that fake meat. First of all, I wouldn’t call it “fake.” Plant-based meat …
Trump: Sedition, Treason, and Insurrection
That’s the way it look to me, as well. But then again I’m not a Harvard Law Professor. From his Wikipedia page: Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is an American legal scholar who is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor …
Black Lives Matter
The little girl here makes an important point. Obviously all lives matter, but black lives didn’t matter for 350 years, and it’s time to turn that around. That some people find this controversial is sickening. When George Floyd was murdered, …
Gun Deaths: America’s Great Plague
A great deal of what progressives believe vis-a-vis their conservative counterparts. Do immigrants take away American jobs? Does the death penalty deter crime? Is late-term abortion “murder?” Certain other items, however, are far more cut and dried. When we look …
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Georgia Voter Suppression Laws
At left is a reference to the new voter suppression laws in Georgia making it a crime to bring water for people standing in line waiting to vote. Gotta love this guy. Here’s a discussion I’m having with a couple …
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