Ever since I was a small boy, I thought it strange that people would say, “I’m proud to be an American.” You’re proud of something you had absolutely nothing to do with?” People should be proud of their accomplishments, or …
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Nationalism
If you’ll excuse this guy’s French, he’s making an excellent point, one that had an attraction for me even as a small child. We boys of the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia were part of the so-called “Interacademic League,” …
Ethical Handling of Refugees Is Essential to Global Sustainability
Here, Peter Sutherland (pictured), Special Representative for the UN Secretary-General for International Migration, speaks on the moral issues surrounding the processing of refugees. IMO, no one has ever said something like this in a clearer and more compelling way. Curiously, the …
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Conference of Parties Takes on the Kyoto Protocol
I just got back from a short hike with a friend during which we discussed the status of some of the world’s largest countries vis-à-vis renewable energy. This, of course, reminded me that we’re headed into another Conference of Parties …
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