Certainly, what we have at left isn’t a coincidence. Educated people tend to become affluent and understand the importance of taking care of one another and protecting the natural environment. Knowing that they’re helping others makes them happy. The inverse …
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Why Aren’t Americans Happier?
I get that this fellow is a conservative and has all manner of charming little platitudes to articulate his political point of view. Look, sir. The majority of Americans simply want to live like the citizens of the happiest countries …
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What Americans Mean by “The South”
Most Americans have their own take on the geography of the South. For me, it’s not completely geographic; it’s partly sociographic. For example, Northern Virginia is about as cosmopolitan a place as you’re going to find in the United States, …
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Is the System Rigged?
If I were writing the piece at left, I wouldn’t say, “the system is rigged,” because that implies some clandestine. I would say the system is designed to make rich people richer, and to ignore the needs of the masses. …
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We Are Citizens of Earth
Writing in my recent post called “Educating for Peace” reminded me of one of my first clients, a gentleman by the name of Dan McGee, who casually mentioned one day that he considered himself a “citizen of Earth,” as opposed …
Educating for Peace
What this really means is teaching kids that: All human beings, rich or poor, black or white, gay or straight, have equal value. The people who have had the privilege to see the Earth from space are uniformly shocked, usually …
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Sins and Virtues
It’s worth taking a look at the “Deadly Sins” and “Holy Virtues” at left, and asking: Who are we as a nation? How have we changed overtime? Have we chosen a leader who will take us in the right direction?
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California IS Different, But It’s Not TOO Different
When my friends and I were growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, we regarded California as if it were a foreign country–if not another planet. The widespread speculation was that California was one big movie/TV studio, that had beaches …
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The Two Faces of Christianity
It’s not exactly “new news,” but (at least in the United States), there are two completely antithetical versions of Christianity, those who: 1) Live by the teachings of Christ, e.g. loving one another and taking care of those who most …
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Not Sure Buddha Would Approve
It pains me that humankind has fallen to the level of contempt for humanity expressed at left. If the Right doesn’t regard every human being as a “child of God” or some such, I suppose I can live with that. …
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