It comes as no surprise that many Americans still think the pandemic is a hoax, or at least the numbers are deliberately and grossly inflated so as to scare us and ruin our economy. A bilingual friend sent me a …
Category: Sustainability
The Spectre of Socialism
We often hear otherwise intelligent people say, “Trump is the only thing standing between us and socialism.” What a strange remark that is. What would a Biden presidency be like? He’s a centrist Democrat like Obama, and there will be …
Tagged with: better educated young people, better health outcomes, better protection of personal liberties, degradation of water and air standards, educated people are harder to lie to and suppress, improved image of America on the world stage, improvement in environmental quality, more voter participation, runaway greenhouse gas emissions, stronger democracy
We Are All Connected
What Pope Francis points out here is almost definitely true; he’s spot-on as usual. Like so many other challenges our civilization faces, overcoming the pandemic will not be possible if we continue to ignore the needs of the least fortunate …
U.S. Supreme Court: Pipeline Can Cross Appalachian Trail
Ruling against environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided that the federal government has the authority to allow a proposed $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline to cross under the popular Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia. Bernie Sanders notes: The Supreme …
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Why Trump Will Fail: Too Much Basic Human Goodness
Some guys never cry, but I’m not one of them. I would find it impossible to get through this minute-long video without tears welling up in my eyes. I especially love the guy with the bullhorn: “This is America.” This …
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Trump Addresses U.S. Cadets, Those Who “Will Not Lie, Cheat or Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do.”
Such a sad day. Is there any aspect of our moral lives that Trump hasn’t reduced to rubble? As a pacifist, I wish young people weren’t doing this with their lives, but I have to say that I feel very …
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Trump and Mayhem
Did you know that there really are Americans who love the violence and racial hatred that have come to define current times in Trump’s presidency? When Trump says that venues at which police tear-gassed protesters were “beautiful scenes,” you have …
Second Degree Murder?
This may sound like a peculiar thing to say, and I’m essentially kidding, but all this police homicide gives us an opportunity to brush up on the differences between various types of murder and manslaughter.
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With Self-Serving Lies, Trump Sends Americans To Their Deaths
Re: the meme here, a reader notes, “Delusional.” I would call it more “criminal” than “delusional.” Thousands of people will die as a result of this malicious bull****.
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Police Murderers
I have two questions about the case here: Given that he said, “I’m going to choke you out,” and then proceeded immediately to asphyxiate his victim as he promised, why isn’t this murder 1? He’s charged with an accidental homicide …
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