Here’s a wonderful piece from legendary environmentalist Joe Romm (whose last name, believe it or not, is pronounced “Rome”). A comment: I dispute the assertion that human civilization is making any real attempt at leaving wealth to its children. The …
Category: Sustainability
The Value of Education in America
At this point, the United States places very little importance on education. Exactly why that is can be argued, but here are a few suggestions. The benefits of an educated population reveal themselves over a period of decades. Similarly, the …
You’re a Christian? Is That the Biblical Jesus or the Republican Jesus?
Kudos to the author of the meme here. People have been lamenting the hypocrisy of Christians since long before I was on this planet. But the whole thing has got far more egregious in the last few years, as educational …
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Can There Be “Peace Between Religions?”
One has to applaud this Buddhist man of honor for what he says here. But let’s examine his statement honestly and look at it straight in the eye. Some would say that the subject of religion is inherently belligerent. For …
Tagged with: monotheistic religions
How Do We “Make Man Better?”
Maybe Chekhov is right. Maybe Americans are in the process of becoming better people as result of being shown, over the past few years, how incredibly terrible we are.
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The Sad History of Humankind
The chronology: Somewhere between 2 million and 200K years ago, Homo sapiens was formed out of a not-yet complete understood combination of its ancestor species. Its main differentiating factor: its huge brain, enabling humankind to assert its dominion over other …
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Standing Up Against Stupidity
Camus’ idea might have been based on that of Plato: “One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Christopher Hitchens wrote something similar: “Never be a spectator of …
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Saving the Environment
Here’s a quote from Bernie Sanders. For a moment, think about what American politics would be like if our Congress were composed of 435 Bernies in the House and 100 in the Senate.
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Who We Are as Social Beings
The meme here came from a reader, to which I respond: Good for you! It seems that human beings are wired to think about the world in one or the other of these two modalities. No one knows precisely where …
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Libertarianism
I’m often challenged by Libertarians to define precisely what’s wrong with their political philosophy. I normally respond in terms of macroeconomic issues, we all live in a society in which it makes no sense to privatize things like national defense, …
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