The sign here hasn’t tolerated Santa Barbara’s seaside weather too well; the top-most section in Spanish is mostly peeled away, and the bottom, in Arabic, is splashed with mud. I present it nonetheless, to make the point that the people …
Category: Sustainability
War’s Hard Costs
The chart below staggers the mind, if only insofar as it makes us think about the $6 trillion we’ve spent in Iraq and Afghanistan, and what we could have done with that money.
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Some Corporate Criminality Pales in Comparison to Others
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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Freedom and Sustainability
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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The Watershed that Is the Trump Phenomenon
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: Bizarre and Frustrating
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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What’s With All This Good News?
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.
Where “America First” Came From
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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Notes from “The Daily Stoic” on Father’s Day
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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Policing in a Sustainable Society
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 …
