The United States is on an absolute frenzy to widen the wealth gap, and all the data suggests that the super-rich are being extremely successful in this endeavor. Today’s CEOs are making 287 times more than their typical worker, where …
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What philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell said here is entirely correct, but sadly, the quality of our thinking seems to have taken a turn for the worse in recent years. What was life like here in the U.S. in 1970, …
The message here, obviously, is that the blind consumption of resources leads to the death of the planet. While this is true, we need the developing world to consume more. More food, more of the energy required for things like …
The retired actress to whom I referred in my earlier post Republican Moderates Stand No Chance Against Trump said something that resonated with me, “I guess we’re all trying to convince ourselves that the next four years aren’t going to …
Albert Camus lamented that the world of his time, the mid-20th Century, failed to provide “clarity and meaning.” It’s hard to imagine what he’d make of the changes that have taken place over the last few years, in particular, the …
Both diminutive in stature and frequently sick, Frédéric Chopin was in no physical position to help Poland in their uprising against the oppressive Russian rule in 1830-31. He could, however write music intended to inspire his comrades to go kick …
When I was a little boy my grandfather told me, “Try to leave this world a better place than it was when you got here.” That sentiment is less common today than it was 60 years ago, but it certainly …
Spinoza was one of the so-called continental rationalists, along with Descartes, Leibniz and others less often read today. As suggested by Einstein at left, he had a distinctly nontraditional view of God, which got him in a great deal of …
Chris Hedges is an American journalist, author, commentator and Presbyterian minister. The observation he makes here is shared by a great number of Americans, and by people all around the world who simply wish we could remove some of the insanity from our …
Let’s think about the point made at left for a second. What’s the most important difference between the lawn-game industry and the manufacturers of firearms that are intended to be weapons of war? Answer: Billions upon billions of dollars in …
