It’s always interesting to see how the gun lobby tries to avert the obvious conclusion that the proliferation of guns causes school shootings. This meme comparing Canada to the U.S. is a good one. Then there is the specious argument …
Category: Sustainability
How Bad Do Things Have to Get?
As a native Philadelphian, I join the rest of those who grew up there in rooting for the Eagles, the home professional football team that’s doing such an admirable job in getting through the post-season playoffs. That said, I have …
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Bernie Sanders and Social Security: “Scrap the Cap”
Great plan, IMO. Bernie has worked hard on behalf of the common American for 32 years and counting.
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Being “Woke”
Being “woke” is another name for showing empathy towards others. As Tolstoy said, it’s an integral part of a human being.
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Policing in America
The vast majority of 2GreenEnergy readers are too young to have watched The Andy Griffith Show of the 1960s. Having said that, this excerpt from one of its best episodes speaks to guns and policing. Worth a watch. An important …
Trump Supporters–An Endangered Species
We’ve previously noted that Trump supporters tend to be anti-vaxxers, and that anti-vaxxers are far more likely to die of COVID-19 than the rest of the population. Something that needs to be added on top of this phenomenon (death), however, …
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Animal-Free Diets
In an earlier post I mentioned that there are several reasons not to eat meat. Here’s one of them. Enjoy.
Why Vegans Don’t Eat Meat
Let me take a stab at answering this stupid question. Meat tastes good. There are good reasons not to eat hamburgers, but “because they taste bad” isn’t one of them. Btw, Gene Wilder would turn over in his grave if …
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Another Hillsdale College “Survey”
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, …
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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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