The comment at left is typical of those I’ve gotten frequently over the past few years from people outside the U.S. Sure, it expresses disdain, but it’s actually more about pity than it is about contempt. IMO, this guy nailed …
Category: Sustainability
We’re Paying a Terrible Price for States’ Rights
As suggested here, Missouri governor Mike Parson has a unique response to the pandemic. Now, I know readers outside the U.S. (who average 40% of the total, btw) are wondering both a) how it’s possible that the governor of one …
We’re Paying a Terrible Price for States’ Rights Read More »
Tagged with: states' rights
Watch Out, Republicans Could “Lose Everything”
“If just four senate seats flip from Republican to Democrat, we run the risk of losing everything,” says Ted Cruz in an ad, soliciting “real patriots” to make cash contributions to the campaigns of GOP incumbents who find themselves threatened. …
Americans Face Lessons To Be Learned in 2020
Americans, especially white ones, have the right to be ass****s, although before now there was never a time in our history where this theory was tested in the real world. Now, masses of people are flouting laws at all levels …
At the Core of a Sustainable Civilization
This is great. I’d like to think that the dozens of times my kids watched me do precisely this as they were growing up has helped bring two kind young adults into our world. A sustainable civilization is a kind …
Tagged with: sustainable civilization
Most, But Not All of It, Is Happening Right Under Our Noses
In my recent post It’s All Happening Right Under Our Noses, I fear I may have left the impression that every single atrocity Trump commits is done in plain sight. That’s not true. The big ones are made obvious, not …
Most, But Not All of It, Is Happening Right Under Our Noses Read More »
COVID-19: U.S. at Center of Pandemic, and That’s Not a Coincidence
There are reasons that the U.S. is the epicenter of the pandemic, and that Europe, Canada, and Mexico have closed their borders to American would-be travelers. One, of course, is that we have no positive leadership at the federal level …
COVID-19: U.S. at Center of Pandemic, and That’s Not a Coincidence Read More »
Tagged with: president is corrupt and incompetent
William Barr Lied To Us–Why That’s Important
William Barr lied to the American people when he said that U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoff Berman “would be stepping down.” In fact, Berman had left a meeting with Barr earlier that day insisting he …
21st Century: Good Things Improve, Bad Things Worsen
Even in these days of hate, ignorance, environmental irresponsibility, greed and selfishness, there are still many good things–and they continue to get better. With each passing year:
Tagged with: environmental irresponsibility
Handling the Pandemic with Negligent Homicide
South Korea (pop. 51.2 million) and the U.S. (pop. 328 million) had their first confirmed cases on the same day. Five months later: S. Korea: 13,338 Cases 288 Deaths
Tagged with: Handling the Pandemic with Negligent Homicide
