As much as I consider myself a “woke” individual, i.e., one who tries to maintain a sensitive awareness of the needs and well-being of others (aka “courteous” or “well-mannered”), I grant that it’s not for everyone. If the country music …
Category: Sustainability
Our Most Tragic Losses Don’t Just Happen; They’re Caused
There is no doubt that the level of corruption in American politics makes it difficult for this nation to make progress, and that’s essentially true regardless of what one thinks of whatever the word “progress” means: universal healthcare, quality public …
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Can Young Voters Be Counted Upon?
We all hope that “Gen Z” voters will take the political issues seriously, and get to vote in impressive numbers. The expectation is a reasonable one, as, if they remain on the sidelines, it will be they who will inherit …
The War on Plant-Based Diets
The meme here is illustrative of the level of rank dishonesty to which the beef industry will sink in order to poison your mind against planet-based meats. Of course, all this comes as a horrible insult to the reader’s intelligence, …
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Do Unto Others- The Primary Teaching?
The Golden Rule is a teaching of these religions, though calling it the primary teaching is debatable. For those with monotheistic beliefs, e.g., Christians, Jews, and Muslims, I would argue that the main idea is that the universe and everything …
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Why Denmark Is a Happy Place
I just had the pleasure of meeting four people from Denmark, all about my own age, who are taking two of their six weeks paid vacation touring the U.S. I asked them about their country’s status re: the World Happiness …
Poor Logic on Gun Violence
Mike: Are you saying that people living outside the United States, where mass shootings are extremely rare, don’t have “human hearts?”
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Critically Examining Human Civilization
Here’s a good perspective on human life here on Earth. We wouldn’t regard our civilization kindly were we to discover it on another planet.
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Wildfires Are a Growing Threat, But Is This a Viable Concept to Protect Your Home?
These people are raising investment capital, or at least claim to be, for this idea in homebuilding: the house is constructed over a deep hole, and, in the event of a wildfire, it can be lowered into that hole using …
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Ocean Plastic Waste
The American Energy Society reports: Almost all ocean plastic pollution (80%) enters via 1,000 rivers worldwide. For example, see this time lapsed video of Rio Dulce in Guatemala, which feeds into the Caribbean. This corroborates the idea that fishing this form of pollution out …
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