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 …
Category: Sustainability
Words of Compassion from Paul Newman
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’s God
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 …
A Very Hard Year
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 …
Tagged with: Chris Hedges
Protecting Our Children
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 …
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Our Schools
Here’s a meme for the true moron. News flash: Schools teach neither patriotism nor “trendy ideologies.” IMO, if a particular teacher wanted to make a point on the subject here, it should be that the use of the U.S. military …
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The Cost of Ignorance
As Ben Franklin observed in the 18th Century, ignorance imposes huge costs on society in many different forms. Sure, crime is among them, but take a look at what just happened here in the U.S. in November. The most poorly …
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Christianity Isn’t Retreating
This guy makes an interesting point, one we’ve all encountered many times: science will replace religion. But if he were correct, Christianity would have begun to fade out in the 1860s and would be long gone by now.
Tagged with: science and Christianity
Environmentalism Is Passing Through a Phase
Before the early 1960s, very few people believed that Earth’s environment needed to be protected. In fact, the prevalent thinking at the midpoint in the 20th Century was that the environment is here to serve humankind, that anything we did …
Getting Rid of Liberals
A reader sent me the meme at left and replied: “Liberals!” Ha! You’re not alone in your beliefs. But when we’re gone, you will be living in a country that features: • Lousy education and even higher levels of ignorance …
