“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” One of humankind’s greatest thoughts is embodied in this quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. It’s right up …
Category: Sustainability
Moral Failure
It really is amazing that the wealthiest people on the planet are so indifferent to others’ well-being. Instead of being remembered as the guy who eliminated world hunger, or stemmed global warming, you chose to make another $100 billion? Why? …
The People Good Folks Support
The mural here reminds us of what Tom Joad famously tells his mother at the end of in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, in response to her asking Tom where he’s going: Wherever people are fighting for their rights, …
Money and its Effect on the Human Personality
Today, I met a professional driver for the film-making industry whose principal focus is stunt-work. Somehow, we got to talking about the many movie stars for whom he’s worked over the years, and how pleasant most of them are to …
Sad but Funny at the Same Time
Ann Coulter looks like a complete jackass every time she opens her mouth.
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Social Justice
Remarkably, there are still people on this Earth who agree with Mr. Hayek. It appeared that their numbers were thinning out, until Donald Trump came along and gave straight white Christian men permission to be the most disgusting people imaginable. …
Ayn Rand and the Virtue of Selfishness
From a reader: Okay… confession: I only physically read about a quarter of it. I’ll make an even greater confession: I read “Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead” back-to-back when I was a teenager, and they meant a great deal to …
How We Regard the World’s Social Democracies
Here’s a video on a subject we discuss a great deal here: Americans’ attitudes toward the social democracies in countries like Norway. The woman has an interesting perspective.
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Humanitarianism in the Papacy
Pope Leo is continuing–and expanding–the trend in the Catholic Church towards compassion for all of humankind. This, of course, runs afoul of Trump and the MAGA base that, for instance, regards immigrants as “vermin.”
California
It’s almost funny when we hear that California is a socialist state, or a police state (due to our environmental restrictions), or that people are leaving in droves to go to Texas or Florida. When I come across people who …
