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 …
Category: Sustainability
Restoration of Core American Values
Tagged with: a cabinet that is put in place to serve the American people (rather than to punish them), American psyche cruelty and brutality, American psyche ignorance and unquestioning acceptance of asinine conspiracy theories, American psyche racist hate, American psyche selfishness and greed, application of science in handling the pandemic, environmental responsibility, quality public education, Respect for Science, rootedg in a stable middle class, the return of rule of law, Trump committed many felonies during his tenure in office, Trump lost a free and fair election, Trumpism will soon be repudiated, United States sanity and decency
Living Life To Its Fullest
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 …
Tagged with: going through life without an education because they couldn't afford one, it's all about me viewpoint uniquely American, life to its fullest, people are not homeless freezing starving dying of treatable diseases, regulated capitalism, Social Democracy, the United States ranks far below countries in Europe and Scandinavia in the World Happiness Rankings
When the Eyes of Two Environmental Leaders Meet
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 …
Path To Sustainability Includes Competence and Awareness
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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Our “Plastic-Surgery World”
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 …
Putting 2020 Into Perspective
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 …
Tagged with: destruction of rule of law
Charles Koch: “I’m Sorry.” Really??
From this: In his book, Charles Koch admits that he has come to regret his political partiality. “Boy, did we screw up!” Koch writes in his book, according to the Wall Street Journal. “What a mess!””
The Latest from Tesla
Unfortunately, it turns out that Elon Musk is not a very good person. In September, he wouldn’t say who’ll get his vote for president, telling The New York Times, “Let’s just see how the debates go.” What??? Also, Tesla workers …
Promote What You Love….
At first glance, this makes sense. It’s what Buckminster Fuller meant when he said, “You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.” There is a problem …
Tagged with: Buckminster Fuller, Earth-plunderers, mid-20th Century philosopher of science Karl Popper, Nazis, paradox of tolerance, Plato, the world's most powerful person is a pathological liar blatant criminal and wannabe dictator, You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the old model obsolete
Patience Is a Virtue
A reminder for the huge percentage of Americans who are pulling their hair out re: the presidential election from Auguste Rodin, sculptor (12 Nov 1840-1917): Patience is also a form of action. This will all be over soon; Biden will …
