I’ve always liked this: Sue gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With her first swallow …
Category: Sustainability
Mark Hamill Speaks for a Great Number of Us
Many of us agree with Hamill and see it as our duty to oppose the criminal sociopath in the White House.
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Black Lives
Why do we need DEI? Well, spend a few seconds with quiz at left. Black lives didn’t matter at all until recently, and there are still systemic conditions in American society that perpetuate racial inequality.
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Woke/DEI Programs
Let’s hope that opposition to wokeism and DEI is just a passing fad. Yes, pushback against diversity is an effective tool used by Trump and his top people to keep the MAGA crowd stirred up. But let’s look forward to …
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Correcting Others’ Grammar
Good observation at left. Outside of my own family, the only people whose grammar I correct are those who have asked me to. I have a childhood friend who accredits me for having raised his verbal SAT score. That feels …
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Viewpoints on America
Here, Marcus Aurelius provides viewpoints on life that could be applied to current-day U.S. politics. For instance, I can say that all this hatred and stupidity is, in fact, playing itself out in front of my eyes, but I’m fortunate …
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What’s Disappearing?
A reader sent me this question and supplied an answer: The United States. I doubt it. It’s true that the path our nation is taking is anything but sustainable, but it’s likely that our little bout with fascism will be …
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Educating Women
What Brigham Young said here is undeniable; it’s the reason that philanthropic efforts in the developing world often focus on educating girls and women. The Turimiquire Foundation, the non-profit I frequently mention here, has a similar approach in helping to …
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Trump Executive Order Focuses on the Non-Existent
Here’s something from a Trumper that I thought I’d share. A reader notes: Hard to believe such a thing is even necessary but thank you. Some sanity. This, of course, is in reaction to Trump’s claim that there are cases in …
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God as the Ultimate Mathematician
Paul Dirac was one of human history’s most influential mathematicians and physicists, and apparently did deliver the quote at left. It’s unclear, however, if he didn’t mean it as a joke. Voltaire said (something like), “God gave us noses so …
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