We shouldn’t expect people with hundreds of billions of dollars to become heroes, but we shouldn’t allow them to become terrorists, either.
Category: Sustainability
What Most of Us Would Do with Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
I’m sure that millions of people have had the thought offered at left. Personally, I would tackle the environment, making large investments in decarbonizing our energy and transportation sectors, and moving to sustainable agriculture.
Reading the Bible at School
As at least 99% of us know, school students can read the Bible if they so choose. School students cannot be forced to read the Bible, any more than they can be forced to read the Quran.
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The End of Capitalism
Well, that didn’t happen, did it? Human society is so deeply wedded to capitalism that we seem to be 100% incapable of reversing the collapse of our environment. The top priority of rich people is to become richer. Actually, it’s …
Corrupt Governments
There are probably many ways of going about trying to answer this question. I would head for the Freedom House, which “rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in …
Re-Inventing the Lawn
We Boomers grew up at a time when lush green grass lawns and large expanses of concrete were the paradigm for our yards. Yet many of us today, if we had the chance to do all this over and re-invent …
An International Tragedy
A key tactic employed by the Donald Trump / Elon Musk duo is to inflict so much damage to our nation and the rest of the world that individual citizens like you and me are paralyzed by the sheer velocity …
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Positive Thinking
The meme here is from a group called the “Power of Positivity.” As for me, I like to see a mechanism that suggests that “everything will work out in the end.” Coincidentally, an old friend wrote me earlier today about …
How Our Schools Are Preparing Our Children for Life
The cartoon here makes an important point, albeit in a kind of tongue-in-cheek manner. Conservatives tend to have seizures when schools present materials to the effect that our society isn’t perfect in terms of things like social justice and environmental …
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Americans Trapped in Echo Chambers
Here’s a short TikTok video that I highly recommend, explaining how and why Americans are particularly weak in critical thinking and in challenging their beliefs.
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