The T-shirt here made me smile. Without a doubt, we self-appointed educators and social critics run the risk of being viewed as condescending. When I write a post explaining the most basic laws of physics, or pointing out that more guns …
Category: Sustainability
Trump on American Values
My mom and I had one of our wonderful talks the other day in which we traded observations on things we’ve been reading, the vicissitudes within our modest stock portfolios, and world politics.
Tagged with: environmental stewardship
Walls, Bridges, and Sustainability
If you copy and paste “Walls vs. Bridges” into Google, you’ll be reading for a very long time about the origins and current meaning of this phrase. Summarizing the discussion in present-day world politics, it comes down to two major opposing …
There Are No Jobs on a Dead Planet
Yes, this statement is true, but it’s sensationalized; nothing is going to “kill” this planet. What we will experience, however, unless we prevent it with thoughtful living or some sort of miracle new technology, are the innumerable consequences of climate change, ocean …
Broken Friendships in the Age of Trump
What Jefferson said here sounds good until you put it in the context of what other philosophers have said on friendship, and think about how it applies, or fails to, in our own lives. Aristotle, for example, argued for the …
Hooray for David Attenborough
David Attenborough is having a profound impact on our civilization’s understanding of the impending environmental collapse and the imperative to take action before it’s too late (happy 93rd birthday, btw!). The s0-called Attenborough Effect is causing things like a wholesale reduction …
Tagged with: impending environmental collapse
Campus Censorship
By a narrow margin, the faculty governing body of the California Polytechnic State University has voted to have homophobic Chick-fil-A removed from its San Luis Obispo campus. It’s easy to understand how professors and administrators could be divided on the …
Getting It Done with a Smile
In writing at least 99% of my posts here, selecting the photo is the last step before hitting “publish.” I don’t spend a huge amount of time in this process, but I normally try to amplify or further explain the …
Tagged with: human spirit
To Whom Do We Grant Power, and Why?
I apologize for the salty language in the meme here, but I wanted to make a point about it. When I first saw this I thought to myself: Ok, Jeremy, but what about Hillary’s emails? (just kidding)
Tagged with: environmental mayhem
American Exceptionalism
Here’s a conversation that some may find interesting: Friend A: One of the greatest threats to America is the fact that our school system is not teaching the next generation morals, American exceptionalism, free enterprise, the constitution, the dangers of …
