This meme reminds us of the capacity for kindness and human compassion that lives deep within all us. From Wikipedia: The Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of World War I around Christmas 1914.
Category: Sustainability
Trump Supporters Are Happy People Just Now
I just had a sad realization, but one I wanted to share nonetheless. I got a Christmas card from an old college buddy who wrote, among the usual seasonal messaging, “Everyone here had a very good year.” I turned immediately …
There Actually ARE Biodegradable Plastics
A reader asserts: Governments love peddling this gimmick. Assuredly, we live with false claims and all kinds of greenwashing in this space, but biodegradable plastic is a real thing. Look it up. Or hit “contact” on the website and ask me.
Old-vs.-New Testament Dichotomy Hugely Important in Shaping World Societies
I thought this was good, and I hope readers enjoy it. The folklore of English-speaking people has no equivalent of Knecht Ruprecht (see right), a crude hooligan known to German children, who shows up at Christmastime and scolds them for …
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Everybody’s Talking about the Impeachment, But…..
Everyone has an opinion on Trump’s impeachment, and one of the most I’ve come across is: Why only two articles? What about obstruction of justice more generally (ten points of which are contained in the Mueller Report)? What about violations …
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Tagged with: deliberating poisoning our air and water for the benefit of the coal barons, Doesn't Trump have an obligation to protect the health and safety of the American people, obstruction of justice ten points of which are contained in the Mueller Report), violations of the emoluments clause of the Constitution
Outrage Works
At left we have a reminder that, in many cases, outrage works. Regardless of how vicious a certain person, he probably isn’t immune to sheer fury that the world can present him with. This is the reason I keep up …
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Just Say No To Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers
If I were king of the world, I would a) ban these things, and b) do what I could to convince my subjects that lawns, sidewalks and gutters need not be completely free of grass clippings and fallen leaves.
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Quick Empathy Test
Suppose you’re: A parent of a 9-year-old girl who was brutally raped, or The wife of a man killed by a hit man his business partner hired, or
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No Checks, No Balances
As young Americans grow up, we are told that their country is superior to all others, largely on the basis that we are all free to act according to our wishes, and the only thing reining in our choices is …
Ever-Widening Wealth Inequality Spells Trouble
As we look at the graphic here, comparing wealth inequality in the United States with that of Western Europe, we need to understand that there are both moral and practical problems associated with this phenomenon. Most people have ethical issues …
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