A friend from college who resents “woke” culture sent the meme here. I’m wondering what, in his mind, is the difference between “racism” and “people of color are oppressed.”
Category: Sustainability
The Future of Religion
I believe that religion will come to play an ever-diminishing role in human civilization. Of course, there is no reason to expect a straight decline, and there are phenomena in the United States right now, e.g., QAnon and the evangelicals, …
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Do We Have a Counterculture?
To a question currently circulating on social media: What item from the 1970s should be brought back? an old friend answered: a counterculture. I found that quite thought-provoking. Don’t we have a counterculture today? It’s possible that we have one, …
Adorable Earth
If you’re looking for a bit of inspiration re: loving our planet, this may be for you. It’s a reminder that achieving a sustainable civilization is worth the effort required.
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Raising Our Children to Speak for the Voiceless
The poem here seems timely in our world, doesn’t it? If our civilization is to survive, it will because there are plenty of folks who, whether natively or by way of being taught, are willing to “be the ones.”
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Ben Carson Wants Your Thoughts on Education
I wouldn’t let Ben Carson’s thoughts on education anywhere near my kids. If your kids go to public schools, I’m sure you feel the same. Check this out.
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It’s the Guns
It’s always interesting to see how the gun lobby tries to avert the obvious conclusion that the proliferation of guns causes school shootings. This meme comparing Canada to the U.S. is a good one. Then there is the specious argument …
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How Bad Do Things Have to Get?
As a native Philadelphian, I join the rest of those who grew up there in rooting for the Eagles, the home professional football team that’s doing such an admirable job in getting through the post-season playoffs. That said, I have …
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Bernie Sanders and Social Security: “Scrap the Cap”
Great plan, IMO. Bernie has worked hard on behalf of the common American for 32 years and counting.
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Being “Woke”
Being “woke” is another name for showing empathy towards others. As Tolstoy said, it’s an integral part of a human being.
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