Trump adviser Stephen Miller said: “Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots.” Is this really what we want? Wouldn’t we rather that our children be taught the unvarnished truth about the United States …
Category: Sustainability
The Disappearance of Kindness
Certainly the poem here by John Roedel speaks to many of us, in particular the lost art of kindness. This from Aldous Huxley: It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and …
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Re-Thinking Liberalism?
To the reader who sent me this meme: About 70% of Americans have liberal values across a wide range of social issues. And they “celebrate” abortions? They support the genital mutilation of little kids? Assassinating the president? I celebrate educational …
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Your Hobby Can Help Make a Difference
In response to the reader’s question here, I would suggest joining me and the ranks of people who read and write on matters of environmental responsibility. I got on board here after a 27-year career as a marketing consultant. During …
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Who Will Destroy the World?
The quote here has been attributed to everyone but Betty Crocker, which, one might suppose, is why it’s such a good point. Especially now, get involved.
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Choosing Evil
Mary Shelley’s observation at left is an interesting one, but I think it would be more accurate if it began, “No sane person…..” It appears that Donald Trump, to take a prominent example, is perfectly happy to participate in the …
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Who Controls Planet Earth?
A dear old friend sent me a documentary from the mid-20th Century about the Rothschild family, exposing how, its creator claims, they covertly control everything of any importance going on in the world. I think most of us baby boomers …
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Stoicism
The Stoic philosophers, e.g., Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, were arguably the sages most focused on the practical issues of the human condition. Remember that you are mortal, and thus every minute of your life should be regarded as sacred. You …
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Environmentalists
There is no doubt that reducing one’s consumption of meat lessens the destruction of fragile parts of our environment, e.g., the Amazon rain forest. I eat what I call “incidental meat,” meaning small amounts that are part of a meal …
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Feeling Others’ Pain
This seems to be one of the great, eternal truths of humankind. Yet it seems that certain societies on planet Earth are doing a better job here than others. The United States, for example, seems torn. Are those of us …
