A reader sent me this and notes, “This is what happens when you let the 16 year old employees make the signs.” My reaction: This is a good place to avoid.
Category: Sustainability
Question on Grammar
From a reader, with my comments below: So, I started this sentence with ‘so’! And I followed up by starting another with a conjunction. But do I care? There are many people who object to these practices, condemning them as …
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Why Mars?
I’m not a billionaire, let alone one with the net worth of Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, so maybe I’m the wrong guy to ask, but I would say that the answer to the question that this young man raises …
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Patriotism / Nationalism
I recommend “A Word a Day” for those wishing to expand their vocabularies. But in fact there are other features on this site to look forward to, including “A Thought for Today,” quotes from notable people in history born on …
Over the Coming Four Years, Will You Win or Lose?
It’s a question of who you are and how you define winning. Suppose a) you’re filthy rich, b) Trump’s economic policies, e.g., tariffs, don’t send us into a tailspin, c) you couldn’t care less about the wellbeing of the common …
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Fixing the Earth
It’s good to see this concept gaining ground. We have the resources to deal with each of our civilization’s woes: starvation, destitution, ignorance, baking temperatures, and so on. All we need is the political will.
What Happens when Empathy Dies?
Good quote here, but I’m wondering if the death of empathy and the fall into barbarism aren’t the same thing. In any case, life here in the United States is most certainly marked by our gross indifference to the suffering …
Tune Out the News?
The meme here came from a reader. There is no doubt that Trump and his Republican minions would be ecstatic if the nation looked the other way while: Matt Gaetz is appointed to be U.S. Attorney General. Let’s suppose that …
Tagged with: Environmental Protection Agency
Trump Won. Now What?
Now what? We can start by feeling sorry for many different groups of people, mostly here, but some abroad as well, who will experience terrible consequences of Trump’s re-election, either directly or indirectly. Americans Directly Affected Muslims Women who …
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Have the Prospects for Women Changed?
When American actor (then called an “actress”) Katherine Hepburn made this statement in the middle of the 20th Century, it hit home with our country’s women. After all, how many females at the time could expect to live with the …
Tagged with: women’s rights
