When readers ask me to comment on ideas like the one expressed in the meme here from Hillsdale College, my first response is to ask: Well, is America in fact the freest and most prosperous nation in history? The answer, …
Category: Sustainability
Folks, This Is Unsustainable
A sustainable society is one that meets its own needs without preventing future generations from meeting theirs. So, what can happen to make a society unsustainable? We normally think of environmental issues like pollution, climate change, over-fishing, etc. Yet consider …
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Ignorance Ultimately Brings Violence
“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, hate leads to violence. That is the equation.” Access to high quality public education is absolutely critical to our ability, as Americans, to reverse the course of all the horrific behavior that …
Ending Citizens United
It’s good to see that the U.S. legislative world hasn’t forgotten about overturning, preferably via a Constitutional Amendment, the Supreme Court decision FEC v. Citizens United, that granted corporations free speech protection to donate as much as they want to …
Bucky Fuller Was Right, But…..
The problem that we face is some people are selfish by nature; they find hoarding resources to be fun and rewarding. Yes, the majority of people on this planet care about the well-being of others, but those who call the …
Behaving Kindly Towards One Another
When I saw this supposed quote from George Carlin I looked it up immediately. Was it real? Does this man of such great insight regard kind and law-abiding people as cowards? Carlin was an astute social observer, who may have …
Tagged with: Making sacrifices for the overall public good
Things We Desire
2GreenEnergy mega-supporter Cameron Atwood sent me this fabulous set of suggestions on how to conduct oneself so as to optimize our chances for a happy and harmonious life. It’s hard to read this and not examine one’s life with an …
Tagged with: MAGA crowd and their leader
Religion: Poison or Antidote?
Depicted here is a huge source of our problems. If you happen to have a globe handy, please take a minute and scan it. While so doing, note the huge correlation between countries in which religion plays a minor role …
Tagged with: gun violence
How Responsible Are We for the Outcome of Our Lives?
At first glance, the meme here makes sense. Aren’t we all responsible for our own condition? It’s a natively attractive proposition for me, born a white straight male, adopted by wealthy parents who sent me through private school and college, …
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Tagged with: Outcome of Our Lives
More on Human Extinction
Here’s a follow-up conversation on my earlier post, in which I discussed this article, that predicts the extinction of humanity within the coming few decades. Reader A: I am curious as to why the extinction of a species is anything …
