Obviously, not all college graduates are good people; of course there is no guarantee that higher education carries virtue along with it. Yet there is clearly a strong correlation. There is a reason (perhaps many reasons) that Donald Trump does …
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Living Together Like Decent People
American astronaut Frank Borman’s comments here are nearly identical to those of many others who have had the opportunity to view the Earth from space. Maybe it’s the lack of lines and boundaries between countries. In any case, it’s a …
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When This Is Over, . . .
Here are the words of attorney and former Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub. It’s interesting that he begins, “When this is over,” making the presumption that it will end, and the United States will go …
Confucius Says ….
Now, if your plan is to rape and pillage American society to satisfy your greed, do exactly none of this. Destroy everything in the government you can get your hands on, so as to create tax breaks for the billionaires. …
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Where Have the Flags Gone? — An Interesting Question
I happen to know the author of the piece at left from my business days. Here are two related answers to his question: 1) The American flag has taken on a new meaning since the formation of the MAGA bunch, …
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Evil Ages Its Owner
I’ve noticed this all my life: mean people tend to have physical issues that make them appear older that their actual ages. It’s as if their meanness exerts a contorting force on their bodies, faces, hairlines, etc.
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A Few Thought-Provoking Words
At left are the words of Italian Marxist philosopher, linguist, journalist, writer, and politician Antonio Francesco Gramsci. Without doubt, there has never been a time, at least since the 1930s, that featured a more horrific set of world leaders. Whether …
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Let’s Not Kid Ourselves: We’re Really Not Kind, Decent People
The point made at left is a valid one: Cruelty for its own sake is a huge part of who we have become as Americans. Maybe this isn’t new. Maybe we’ve simply been unmasked.
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Explaining Present-Day Iran
Just the other day I was asked to explain how countries like Iran become so backwards in terms of humanistic values. A big part of the answer is they never went through what the West experienced in the 18th Century, …
Composting Human Remains
These people claim: Human composting is now America’s fastest growing alternative to cremation and burial. This vessel holds the soil created from that process—soil that families can use to plant, scatter, or donate to restore natural landscapes. Get an instant …
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