Unfortunately, there are tens of millions of morons who believe hateful garbage like this. The average 10-year-old can understand that we can BOTH protect our citizens while obeying the U.S. Constitution and international law when it comes to treating the …
Category: Sustainability
Empathy and Happiness
Exactly. Being indifferent to the suffering of others makes it easy to keep a smile on your face.
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Respecting Geologic History
Until I came across this statement from Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss years ago, it hadn’t dawned on me that teaching children evangelical Christianity could be properly called “child abuse.” I can tell you that I took some grief …
The Positive Effects We’ve Had on Others Are Profound, Whether We Know It or Not
There’s a theory that most people underestimate the positive effects they’ve had on other people. Yes, that’s the theme of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but it’s also the core of the 1995 film “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” in which a music …
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A Free Lunch?
My maternal grandfather was born in southeastern Pennsylvania in 1903 and told me when I was a boy that in the 1920s, times were so good that saloon owners would offer a free lunch, consisting of bread, cheese, and cold …
Bravery Meets Tragedy: An Unending Story
Here’s a story: He had 3 days left until graduation. STEM School Highlands Ranch. May 7, 2019. Kendrick Castillo was 18. A robotics student. College bound. Accepted into an engineering program. The final week of school felt like countdown, not …
Killing for God
Arthur C. Clarke makes a good point here. It reminds me of something neuroscientist Sam Harris said: Religion is to the human mind what a virus is to a computer.
Sustainable and Regenerative Farming
A friend writes: I get called out by farmers for using the word “sustainability” because nature is dynamic and doesn’t hold to a level. The word they prefer is “regenerative” as it is closer to the complex system of nature …
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The Only Constant Is Change
At left we see the rationale behind the statute of limitations in U.S. criminal law. You aren’t the same person you were seven years ago. We also see the intersection of Western philosophy and Eastern religion. Our egos delude us …
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The Role of our Schools
We’ve all heard people make the claim 20th Century French historian Michael Foucault makes at left. Twisted, I believe. Socrates believed that “the only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance”. I’m going with Socrates on this one. …
