Tag: cruelty

It’s been clear ever since I was a boy that Republicans are insincere when they say they want small government.  They want an extremely powerful government when it comes to enforcing their values on the common American, i.e., a country …

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Abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe left us with this: “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” Of course this applies to our private lives, where we may regret not saying something …

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I thought readers might be interested in a conversation between senior energy analyst and political activist Glenn Doty and me on the subject of the meme here, which is captioned, “From Iceland to Taiwan and from Germany to New Zealand, …

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  Here’s an unusual twist on attacking climate change at the community level: make it happen at the community level, with lots of peer pressure, but in the complete absence of politicians. It hasn’t been a great time for politicians, …

One Town’s Approach to Climate Change Mitigation: No Politicians Read More »

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