Here’s an excerpt from the thank-you letter I just received from the oft-mentioned charitable organization I support in Venezuela, call the Turimiquire Foundation. I thought readers would be interested in what these folks are accomplishing down there. An astounding 96+ …
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Good point here, but I look at this slightly differently. My ancestors were English, but I’m not proud of that. What’s there to be proud of that is associated with the spot on the globe that your great grandfather happened …
Here’s a reminder of another intractable problem facing American society: our fondness for weapons designed to kill as many people as possible, in the shortest possible amount of time. The gun lobby sends enormous fortunes to lawmakers who, in turn, …
What New York Times columnist Charles Blow writes here is completely true, and more than a little relevant to today’s America. In general, we’re indifferent to the suffering of others who share our planet with us today, and we’re even …
I don’t think educated people are offended by shirts like this as much as they are amused. There will always be morons among us, and there’s really nothing that can be done about that.
Yes, McDonald’s can pay its employees in the states more, but it doesn’t have to, so it won’t. Like every other law in the United States, the legislation that governs labor is made by people who receive enormous campaign donations …
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A friend from college who resents “woke” culture sent the meme here. I’m wondering what, in his mind, is the difference between “racism” and “people of color are oppressed.”
I believe that religion will come to play an ever-diminishing role in human civilization. Of course, there is no reason to expect a straight decline, and there are phenomena in the United States right now, e.g., QAnon and the evangelicals, …
To a question currently circulating on social media: What item from the 1970s should be brought back? an old friend answered: a counterculture. I found that quite thought-provoking. Don’t we have a counterculture today? It’s possible that we have one, …
If you’re looking for a bit of inspiration re: loving our planet, this may be for you. It’s a reminder that achieving a sustainable civilization is worth the effort required.
