Roughly: Mommy, why are there so many sad and empty people? Because we live in a world full of lies, egos, and pleasures, in which money has the most value, and people deceive themselves, and all that, my daughter, poisons …
Category: Sustainability
Absurdity Abounds
So many things make no sense in today’s world. Teachers are so badly underpaid that there being forced to leave the profession. Almost half of American voters believe that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump, despite the …
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Eliminating Slavery
When we think of slavery in our modern world, many of us, understanding as we do that the institution is illegal in every sovereign country on Earth, assume that it no longer exists. Sadly, that’s not true; it’s estimated that …
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Sci-Fi Authors Don’t Always Get it Right
Robert Heinlein was one of the “big three” American science fiction writers of the 20th Century, along with Arthur C. Clark and Isaac Asimov. Like so many others of my (baby-boomer) generation, I loved his Stranger in a Strange Land. …
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Why Ratchet Up International Tensions?
As tensions between China and the United States rise, U.S. military equipment is flooding into Southeast Asia, in places like the Philippines, Okinawa, Australia, and Guam. Some suggest that building embassies, so as better engage in diplomacy, is a stronger …
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Morality and Religion
I could be wrong, but I don’t think many people today accept what Arthur C. Clark said here. I would guess that even the most pious folks out there recognize that there are atheists who are morally good, who live …
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Gun Rights
As much as I’d like to see strict gun control laws here in the U.S., driving down the stats on gun-related massacres is probably a more complicated issue. In particular, Canada (and most of the rest of the world) has …
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Campbell’s Soup Has a Point Here
I have not checked out the authenticity of this meme, but I hope it’s real. FWIW, I have noticed that there are bloggers hired by the Fortune 500 to make points similar to this one. To whomever wrote this: Well …
A Theological Contradiction
There are dozens of ways that atheists articulate their positions, as just as believers assert theirs. Though I’m energized by all of these, I have to say that I’m particularly impressed with this guy’s idea, as it’s one that I’ve …
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Diversity Efforts Will Always Be Controversial
From ABC News: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls diversity efforts ‘illegal,’ tells state agencies to stop. Diversity efforts in hiring “proactively encourage discrimination,” a memo said. Hiring policies that attempt to build racial diversity are looked upon highly by those …
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