Part of the beauty of the societies of Scandinavia and most of the rest of the developed world is their understanding of the fact that a well educated populace tends to commit very few crimes. Sweden, for example, is closing …
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Open Carry
I have to admit that if I walked into a store and saw someone not in uniform with an assault rifle strapped across his back, I would turn around and leave. Our lives are in enough danger from ultra-right-wing stupidity …
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Some Good Advice
I like the cut of this guy’s jib. When my kids were young, I told them that they were going to spend a great deal of their lives working, so find something you love and get incredibly good at it.
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Our World Loves Solving Problems that Don’t Exist
I had to laugh when I saw this blurb about Putin’s banning Satanism in Russia. First, how many Satanists are we to think there actually are in the Motherland? 11? Secondly, how much danger do you think Satanism truly represents …
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Where to Retire
I just happened to come across the meme here, and it made me wonder how this was derived. If you’re not a Trump supporter, I would stay far away from #3 and #5. If your aging body has issues with …
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Looking Out for Each Other
Not only is the story at left touching, it’s prescriptive of a way of life that almost everyone would prefer over the one we have now.
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For Better or Worse, Human Beings Are Complicated
The answer to Dr. Goodall’s question at left is our intelligence is only part of the package that is humankind. We mustn’t forget about our greed, tribalism, and cruelty.
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You Cannot . . . .
Of course you can. It’s done by many millions of Americans on a daily basis. We do all kinds of indefensibly stupid things, in case you haven’t noticed.
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Some People Have a Tough Time Providing Help to Trump Supporters
The story at left is an interesting one, and it has a certain intersection with my own experience. Here goes: When my daughter was young, she and I volunteered with a local charity that delivered groceries to the elderly and …
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Our Politics Is “So Petty”
I would be surprised to learn that there is a single human being who’s had the opportunity to look back on the Earth from space who had any other reaction than that of American astronaut Edgar Mitchell (at left). This …
