The meme here is from a group that asks, “Are you concerned that our culture has rejected God?” A couple of observations: The quote they picked is more specific than acceptance of God; it’s Christian. In fact, it explicitly rejects …
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Bernie’s right: Many Americans with progressive values have bought into the idea that real chance is impossible. We may shop organic, drive electric, and teach peace, but we remain concerned that it’s too late for a culture in which Donald …
What Tucker Carlson says here is categorically incorrect, but he speaks to people who are ignorant of the fact that there are numerous types of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment: obscenity, defamation, fraud, incitement, fighting words, …
People have been talking about religious hypocrisy, especially among Christians I guess, for far longer than I’ve been on this planet. Yet it seems that the right-wing religious extremists have taken all this to a new level.
How does one feed 100K people daily? Most of us have made dinner for, say 20 guests. Multiply that by 50,000 and–bingo–you have arrived at the scale at which these Sikh chefs are doing here in New Delhi, India. An …
The college professor quoted here believes the correct answer to the question in the headline above is the latter of the two possibilities offered, and I agree. Immanuel Kant’s concept of the categorical imperative (i.e., a moral statement that always …
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Re: the graphic at left, Mike Tucker writes: Looks a lot like the red\blue maps you see around election time. Almost the same distribution too. What a coincidence? It’s certainly close. What is certain is that more guns per capita …
I had an interesting talk with a woman yesterday on the subject of sustainability, in particular, should we be anticipating a good or a bad end to all this? The woman suggested that maybe it doesn’t “end,” which, of course, …
Ancient Greek historian Plutarch warned us all about the dangers of a huge gap between rich and poor. He doesn’t explain the exact mechanism by which this destroys republics, but it’s easy to see how a disenfranchised population becomes apathetic …
I believe the assertion made here is correct. The world has an enduring appreciation for entertainment, but, I believe, a transient one for fascism.
