A few years ago, I was privileged to hear a talk in a smallish auditorium by the great Ken Burns. Our world is filled with incredible minds, but IMO, Burns is at or very near the top when it comes …
Category: Sustainability
Reducing the Incidence of Gun Violence
From the Sandy Hook Promise: When the Senate failed to pass background check legislation after my sweet little Daniel was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary, I was absolutely devastated. I had spent months going from Senate office to Senate office, …
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Trump Supporters and Fascism
“How do they not see it?” It’s the one-two punch of ignorance and hate. Alternatively put, cult members don’t understand that they’re in a cult.
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The Proper Role of Government
FWIW, I agree with Michael Foot, Labour Party Member of Parliament in 1980s England. I would add that this whole matter is even simpler now, 40 years later, as the rich have gotten far richer and the poor far poorer. …
The Cult of Trump
If we look up the word “cult,” we find many different meanings, most of which are pejorative. Here are two good examples: a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister. “a …
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Our Daughters
What the author of the meme here says is true–not only of some of us, but of damn near all of us. Of course, there are “old-time” religious institutions whose adherents build their lives around the word of the bible. …
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American Ignorance
It seems that there are Americans who don’t know that each and every country around the globe, more than 200 in total, had its own response to COVID-19, and that Dr. Fauci had nothing to do with the decisions in …
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Where We’re Going as a Species
At this point in the “development” (some would say “retrogression”) of human society, it appears that the hopes expressed here by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu are not taking root. That’s because: 1) Our species evolved to be tribal, i.e., …
Destroying American Education–The Last Nail
I don’t know who this guy is or what his area of expertise may be. It’s certainly not education. Getting rid of Algebra 2 will mean the end of all college students who major in chemistry, physics, and, of course, …
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Optimism in Action
It’s quite possible that we actually are at the onset of a “collective awakening.” Maybe we’ve seen enough. Enough hatred. Enough stupidity. Maybe we see the handwriting on the wall for women’s rights, for environmental decay. Maybe Americans don’t want …
