Even my lifelong Republican mom admires Bernie Sanders, certainly not for his political philosophy, but for his sincerity and tenacity. I would add to the mix a certain sense of humor. As if Trump has the vaguest interest in the …
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A Heartbreaking Note
It’s hard to know what emotion to feel when we go through our news feeds and find stuff like this. Anger? Probably more a deep, pounding sadness, now that our nation is simply a moral cesspool.
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The EV Industry
No, the mining of lithium and cobalt is definitely not “good,” but the mining/combustion of coal, with its greenhouse gases, heavy metals, and radioactive isotopes, is horrific for the health of the planet and everything living on it. Of course, …
Confucius Says ….
But what if you really don’t care about any of that, and your only desire is to take over the U.S. federal government immediately?
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God as the Ultimate Mathematician
Paul Dirac was one of human history’s most influential mathematicians and physicists, and apparently did deliver the quote at left. It’s unclear, however, if he didn’t mean it as a joke. Voltaire said (something like), “God gave us noses so …
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The Forms of Ignorance
This is an interesting thought, though it’s unclear why rejecting something one knows nothing about is any more ignorant than asserting something on a subject that one knows nothing about. Maybe both are equally harmful. I’m constantly running into people …
Kash Patel to Head the FBI?
Maybe the appointment of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense doesn’t scare you. You may think: Hey, we have 625 four-star generals who are more than capable of keeping our military on track. Let’s hope you’re right. But can we …
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Now This from Karl Marx
Here we are, about 150 years after Marx made this statement, and we can now see that he was wrong. Humankind has and will continue to embrace capitalism until organized life on this planet is gone, via some combination of …
Advice on Writing from C.S. Lewis
At left is what the great C.S. Lewis advised a “schoolgirl in America” on the subject of writing. I was particularly taken by his point #3: “Write with the ear.” In my constructing my sentences and paragraphs, I try to …
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Learning from History
Yes, the situation here is sad, but keep in mind what Hegel said, “The only thing we learn from history is that we don’t learn anything from history.” Also, remember that this “large chunk of America” is far meaner and …
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