The tragic decline in the fiber of American society is the result of many factors: the decline in education, mass incarceration, blatant and unpunished corruption in government and the corporate world, and yes, the slow disappearance of the nuclear family. …
Category: Sustainability
Faith and Reason
The assertion made on this church’s sign is true in general. Most people, as they learn more about the world around them, especially from a scientific point of view, eventually reject monotheistic religion. They arrive at an impasse: I can …
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Environmental Responsibility at Christmas
As an environmentalist, wasteful glitz like this is simply irritating. Hence, I’m for the guy below, which I scoop up immediately and reuse over a period of decades.
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Libertarians
Good joke here. Moving our society’s functions into the private sector is an appealing notion …until we begin to think about its consequences. And in no arena is this more apparent than the environment, where unregulated businesses happily use our …
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The Totalitarian Society
We’re teetering on the edge. If the coup attempt goes unpunished, we’re essentially saying that using “force or fraud” to stay in power is a completely legitimate undertaking.
Universal Healthcare
The note at left is a reminder of how cruel our system of healthcare is here in the U.S. It’s just one of dozens of things that all decent people would like to change, along with gun control, better education, …
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Understanding Unbridled Capitalism as it Affects Sustainability
Unlimited growth on a planet of finite size means ecological catastrophe in the near future, certainly by the end of this century. Here’s a video that lays this out, all too clearly. As I replied to the host of a …
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One of America’s Intractable Problems
As suggested here, a large and receptive audience of ignorant and hateful people is an absolute requirement for the success of people like Alex Jones and Donald Trump. That’s an insoluble problem in America, when you think about it. Jones …
Love as an Organizing Force
Philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti was a figure to whom few of us growing up in the late 20th Century had any real exposure. Sadly, his impact on our culture has only diminished since. He was a more serious thinker than musician …
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Ignorance and Confidence
The more ignorant the man, the more obedient he is, and the more absolutely he places confidence in those who lead him. This explains a lot, certainly how tens of millions of Americans believe that the entire scientific community and …
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