We have a number of people here at 2GreenEnergy who share my concern that our civilization in on an unsustainable path, headed for ruins if it’s unable to fix certain particularly ominous environmental and social conditions. In response to a …
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I eagerly encourage people to join our merry band of 150-or-so guest bloggers, though I warn that I sometimes cut up a bit in my correspondence with them. Here, Jeniffer Page writes: Hi, I would like to contribute a guest …
Often, the problem we have in conversing with one another productively about the important issues of the day is equivocation in its formal sense, i.e., the fallacy that arises when we use words that have two different definitions, and then …
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It’s the birthday of Ray Bradbury, best remembered for his 1953 masterpiece “Fahrenheit 451,” who said,”I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.” Love it! What a brilliant human being. Can’t help but remind us of …
Here’s a pic of my financial adviser, Glenn Koach, along with his wife Yuko and my wife Becky (right). We enjoy a variety of activities together, though they normally include tasting wine somewhere. Which brings me to the point of …
I had my first encounter with what could be called “eco-friendly superfoods” when a second-grade classmate, Phillip Stahl, brought a box of chocolate-covered ants and crickets to school, and everyone took a sample. I can still remember the resounding “eeewwwwww” …
Here’s something I just ran across on Facebook that made me laugh out loud. Of course, one could say that it would be funnier if it weren’t true. Long before the Donald Trump phenomenon, we were talking here about how …
I’m sure there are readers here who share my enjoyment of subscriptions to various “word of the day” emails. This week’s theme for “A Word a Day” is contronyms, i.e., words that have two diametrically opposed definitions. The word “depthless,” for …
Everybody has heard about recycling at this point, but some people are still on the fence about it. They see recycling as an unnecessary hassle instead of an ecologically-necessary practice. Well, for any naysayers, here are some facts about how …
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A friend of mine suggests raising taxes on the super-rich and investing the proceeds into programs designed to lift people out of poverty. Of course, this is not a novel idea; in fact, Warren Buffett wrote an op-ed in the …
