Catching and releasing spiders is a policy that, IMO, all decent people have in common. The author here, Rudy Francisco, puts it beautifully.
Category: Sustainability
Norway Cautions Its Student To Avoid U.S. Healthcare
This is from a year ago, at the start of the pandemic, but it still cuts like a knife. How disgusting it is that the most prosperous nation in human history offers its citizens–those, that is, who can afford it–second- …
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Racism in America
I’m afraid I have some bad news for Mr. Faulkner. Racism is proportional to ignorance, and we have a bumper crop of the latter. We don’t just dabble in ignorance, we bathe in it.
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We All Find It Hard to Admit that We’ve Been Bamboozled
It’s unclear if the late astronomer Carl Sagan was referring to any specific event in history in his famous quote here. It’s certainly one of the factors that keeps Trumpism in place. Clearly, there are many people who, if they …
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Tagged with: boiling the frog metaphor, list of all the lies Trump has told, rejection of science and knowledge, Trump criminal acts, Trump degradation of our nation on the world stage, Trump dishonest and incompetent butchering of the pandemic response, Trump environmental devastation, Trump extortion of the Ukraine, Trump incitement to insurrection, Trump tax breaks for billionaires, Trump the attempt to tamper with the election results
Money in Politics
As a society, Americans don’t seem to be too concerned about (or even aware of) the corruption that big money is injecting into our law-making on a daily basis; otherwise, we wouldn’t have the U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United,” …
Another Approach to Reducing Gun Violence
So true. Imagine a world, as described below, in which guns were treated more like cars. Geiko, All State, Progressive, all promise to save you 15% on your car insurance, and they’re constantly branching out to other areas: motorcycles, home-owners, …
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Martian Sunset
Who isn’t moved by a beautiful sunset? Like so many young people entering the business world in my twenties, I shortly became consumed, and, in a weird way, ultimately “addicted” to the pressure to perform. I asked my first administrative …
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What Can I Get for You and Your Glock?
I totally agree with this guy, and I have to think the vast majority of people do as well. If I were a restaurant proprietor I would no more allow people to come in with guns than I would with …
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Human Civilization Actually IS Affecting the Planet
Occasionally we hear people make the claim that the Earth is so massive that it’s impossible for humankind to have any significant effect on it. If we had heard this 100 years ago, I think most people would have agreed. …
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Might Common-Sense Gun Laws Be in the Offing?
It’s possible that, given the Republicans have lost control of the White House and both houses of Congress, the U.S. federal government could produce some common-sense gun laws in the next year or two. It won’t come in time for …
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