C.S. Lewis is remembered as a gifted writer who touched the hearts of young and old alike. To those of you who didn’t have the pleasure and honor of reading “The Chronicles of Narnia” with your child, only to have …
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The graphic here shows why we do best to shop at grocery stores that source their produce locally, or at least as close to home as possible. Even Trader Joes falls down here, to some degree. They explain that every …
It would be a better world if what Heraclitus said were true, but it certainly appears that good people can suffer terrible fates and vice versa. This brings to mind the ultimate destiny of Donald Trump, certainly among the worst …
December is a good time of year to remind ourselves that our consumerism as a society is a choice; it’s not a requirement. On a related note, when we support the thrift-store economy, we’re reducing the amount of resources that …
Thucydides’ statement here implies that war has been a permanent, 365-day-a-year feature of Western society for at least the last 2500 years. Occasionally we run into small groups of people who are trying to change that, like the organizers of …
I’m happy to hear this, but I would make this prediction: Go 40 miles in any direction from downtown Dallas and repeat the experiment. Don’t be surprised if the bartender is cheered. This is the same phenomenon that we see …
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Below is a performance of Frederik Chopin’s waltz in G flat. I bring it up because a dear old friend who grew up in the Netherlands used to play it, and when I asked him how he could get through …
Where do you break the chain of single-use plastic? The manufacturer? The distributor? The retailer? The consumer? There is no correct (or incorrect) answer, but, as shown in the photo, there is no good reason that it can’t be the …
In response to the meme here, Eddy Oriente Balzola writes: Not when they act like thugs. Otherwise, respect indeed. Exactly, Eddy. All good people respect soldiers and police personnel, but, at the same time, hold them accountable for abiding by …
I haven’t spent a dime in a Home Depot in decades. I hope readers feel and act the same.
