….. and we really wish we could stop landfilling the toxic chemicals in our old, perfectly good electronics. We are becoming increasingly aware of the issues associated with sustainability, and you could help us by selling us less stuff we …
Dear Apple and Google: We Don’t Need New Phones Every Year…… Read More »
A reader asks: We, the vast majority of people on the planet who are healthy, are being restricted because a very small percentage of the planetary population has a virus. Would (you) like to tell me what’s right about that? …
The Justification for Restricting Our Rights in Times of Emergency Read More »
Periodically I mention the extremely popular online vocabulary challenge A.Word.A.Day, written by American author and speaker Anu Garg. Today: The English language has lots of words. More than half a million by one count.
IMO, understanding the full impact and severity of the coronavirus is not an exact science. Here’s how I regard this, given the stats in the U.S. as shown here (as of 1 PM PST, April 10, 2020: Cases 492,995 Recovered …
This seems like a bizarre assertion, even from William Barr, a man with no more allegiance to the truth than his boss. Let’s look at the charts below and ask ourselves: Do the people of the Deep South (living in …
“A Free Society Depends on a Vibrant Religious Life Among the People?” Read More »
Those who remember the 2007 film “There Will Be Blood” will get a charge out of this parody, made by my extremely talented friend, actor, impressionist, artist and comedian Jim Meskimen. I’m guessing that he wrote this and tweaked it …
Off-Topic, But Necessary to Keep It Light in Bad Times, Here’s “There Will Be COVID” Read More »
When the good people of Mississippi elected Republican Tate Reeves to govern their state in 2019, they did it, at least in part, based on his long history of ties to pro-Confederate groups. These are voters who look back with …
Mississippi Governor Declares ‘Confederate Heritage Month’ During Coronavirus Pandemic Read More »
In an earlier post today, I asserted that we live in times of extreme emotion. Who hasn’t had extraordinary appreciation of kindness, sadness at apathy to people’s suffering, and anger at the profiteering and gross criminality we see in our …
Here’s a compilation of interviews with people coming out of a church service a couple of days ago in Ohio–one to which she had brought her little kids.
From the Los Angeles Times: The Trump administration on Tuesday weakened one of the nation’s most aggressive efforts to combat climate change, releasing new fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks that handed a victory to the oil and gas …
Trump Hands Major Victory to the Oil and Gas Industry, But Will It Survive in Court? Read More »
