Category: Sustainability

In a ruling last week, King County Washington Superior Court Judge Timothy Bradshaw found that “Comcast violated the Consumer Protection Act more than 445,000 times when it charged tens of thousands of Washingtonians for its Service Protection Plan without their consent.” Each …

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It’s the birthday of philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre, born in Paris in 1905. Though most of his work is hard to follow, his short essay “Existentialism and Humanism,” based on a lecture he gave in 1945, is quite straightforward; I recommend it …

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Regardless of what happens to this civilization, it’s quite likely that the Trump phenomenon, as described so eloquently at the left, will very likely be regarded as a watershed moment.  We will either turn this around, or we won’t.  We’ll …

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American life in 2019 is steeped in frustration.  We all want a better country and an improved quality of life, but we have an incredible divergence of perceptions as to what our real problems are and how to solve them.  

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Lots of good news today. The U.S. Supreme Court said no to gerrymandering in Virginia that favors Republicans by minimizing the importance of votes from communities of color.

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As suggested in this photo, “America First” has origins of dubious moral character. Might be a good time for all of us, whether we wear red hats, yarmulkes, or burkas, to focus on what’s ethically right, decent, and compassionate.  It’s …

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Epictetus, born a slave in the days of the ancient Roman Empire, is remembered for what is now called Stoicism, a practical, rather then theoretical philosophy.  Stoics believe that the events in our lives come at us in random and chaotic …

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Let’s meet the pastor of All Scripture Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN, Grayson Fritts, and take in the sermon he gave to his congregation on the first Sunday of Pride Month.  For roughly an hour, he railed against members of the …

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The Amazon Rainforest houses 10% of the world’s species and helps to regulate the global climate, which is why 2GreenEnergy joins many thousands of environmental groups in an effort to halt deforestation in this critical corner of the globe.  

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A new study published in the open access journal Environmental Health reports that the U.S. has failed to ban many dangerous and toxic pesticides that are banned throughout the rest of the world, and “Science Rocks” asks, “Why has China, …

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