A symptom of the decline in the U.S. educational system is the dramatic rise in the number of conspiracy theorists. What these folks have in common is that, by definition, a small, malicious, and clandestine group that has successfully convinced …
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From The New York Times: For more than a week, a plain-spoken former federal prosecutor named Sidney Powell made the rounds on right-wing talk radio and cable news, facing little pushback as she laid out a conspiracy theory that Venezuela, …
If there is any certainty about what will happen in the White House over the next two months, it’s the destruction of any remaining protections for our environment and park lands. Here, we learn that Trump has withdrawn a major …
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He’s going, but not without doing as much damage as possible. From National Public Radio: Starting Tuesday, oil and gas companies can pick which parts of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge they’re interested in drilling. It’s the latest push by the …
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German-born playwright Bertold Brecht escaped Nazi Germany in 1933; after brief stints in Prague and Paris, he ultimately landed in Copenhagen. At left is the warning he gave the rest of the world when Hitler fell in 1945. The reason …
Obviously, there is a difference between cancelling and altering plans for the holidays, but that’s not the most objectionable aspect of this meme. Rather, it promotes the idea of violating state and local government guidelines that are put into place …
Chief Arvol Looking Horse met with Greta Thunberg on October 8th when she received a name, translated into English, means “Woman Who Came From the Heavens.” Chief Arvol is the 19th generation keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe …
In a recent post, I pointed out the road to sustainability starts with caring about each other and the respect for nature. It may start there, but I forget a key ingredient in the achievement of the goal: competence and …
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My brilliant and sensitive friend Zan Dubin Scott writes: This is why we can’t have nice things: we live in a plastic-surgery world and buy too many new things all the time. They’re spraying this gorgeous fir GREEN! It’s not …
I don’t think anyone believes that 2020 has been a particularly good year. A mishandled pandemic, a would-be dictator, child abuse by federal officials, and the wholesale destruction of rule of law. Some might even call it a nightmare. Speaking …
