I’m surprised to see this; I thought Rand Paul was smarter than that. No one, literally no one, wants “equality” in the sense of equal ownership of all wealth. What decent people want is equal opportunity, fairness, and equal justice …
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We Ask So Little
It wasn’t too long ago that we frequently came across the bumper sticker that read “Visualize World Peace.” Shown on the left is the sad reminder that our goals today are far less lofty. All most of us want is …
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Heartwarming Look at a Sustainable Future
Here’s a video that got me a bit choked up; I’m sure it will have an effect on you too. I would have shed tears of joy had I been in that crowd. If we could have a bit more …
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Police Assault Should Result in His Removal, Criminal Charges
Here we have a police officer kicking a handcuffed girl in her face. On a good day, that’s some sort of assault and/or battery; the terms vary according to jurisdiction; both can mean the intentional and offensive or harmful contact …
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Another Second Degree Murder By Police Infuriates Americans
The black man shown here was running naked through the streets in the freezing winter of upstate New York. When his brother called 911 and asked for help, a team of policemen showed up, knocked him to the ground, handcuffed …
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We Are All Rooted in Kindness and Love
As shown here, we all come into this world with an enormous capacity for love and kindness. It’s hard to imagine that some people lose this altogether and fall prey to willful ignorance, racial hatred, and a cold indifference to …
Planting Trees Lowers CO2 Atmospheric Concentrations
Here’s one of these gratuitous posts that is driven only by the fact that I just happened to run across this painting by Italian artist Maurizo Rega. His impressionistic style really speaks to me, and he cranks these babies out …
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Sustainability and the Circular Economy
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Cameron Atwood comments on a Japanese company called Spiber, that produces a variety of materials through a fermentation process that uses sugars and microbes, rather than petrochemical or animal-derived raw materials. They are definitely working at the right …
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We’ve Lost a Great One: Georgetown’s John Thompson
So sorry to hear this. I had the honor of meeting him when I was at Georgetown, from 1977-79. My advisor, who was very close with Thompson, once told me that when he’d meet each incoming class of basketball players, …
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Losing Social Security Due To Permanent Cuts in Payroll Taxes Doesn’t Bother Me a Bit
There must be Trump supporters my exact age, looking at this and thinking: Well, look. I worked hard all my life and paid into Social Security, which was taken out of every paycheck I earned from the time I got …
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