Here’s a good example of what makes David Attenborough an international treasure. In just a few words, he explains precisely where humankind finds itself — “like it or not.”
Category: Sustainability
Animal Rights
Human civilization is making slow progress in the direction of reducing cruelty to animals. Unacceptably slow, IMO, largely driven by our lack of willingness to change our diets. I’ve always gotten a smile out of the cartoon here. In particular, …
All You Single Ladies: If You Like It, Go and Put a Ring on It
Amazingly, this guy is single! I would have thought that this way of thinking, so in vogue during our Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal days, would have endured over millions of years. I guess times change.
Tagged with: Neanderthal days
Restaurant Chain Cracker Barrel Called “Woke”
Those unfamiliar with American lower-end eateries may not know of Cracker Barrel, a chain of country-themed restaurants, mostly found in the southeast portion of the nation (read: red states). As one might suspect, patrons are generally not gourmets with high-powered …
Tagged with: plant-based meat
Insight from Plato
I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that Plato was referring to honoring truth over good men, i.e., men of honesty, bravery, and compassion. I think it went without saying that we should not honor criminals and …
Tagged with: criminals and pathological liars
Plant-Based Meat–Warning To the Addle-Brained
“(Televangelist) Rick Wiles thinks….” Does he really? I doubt it. Isn’t it far more likely that he thinks his followers are stupid enough to believe this garbage, and wants them to open their wallets that much wider?
Tagged with: plant-based meat
Yet Another Way that Cows Bring Peril to Our Lives
With all our posts here on phasing out beef in favor of plant-based meat, I couldn’t resist publishing this photo, the result of a handful of cows that found their way into a newly built home and lived in it …
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Tagged with: plant-based meat
Some Important Thoughts from a Centuries Old Christian
Eighteenth Century English theologian John Wesley founded what was to become the Methodist arm of Protestantism. As shown at left, his principles were essentially identical to what today would be called “liberal” or “progressive” values. The history of monotheism on …
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Tagged with: reason and humanism
Taxing Billionaires
We see frequent and impassioned discussions on this topic nowadays, especially as the threat of environmental collapse continues to mount. I thought the author of the meme here nailed it nicely.
Tagged with: Taxing Billionaires
Only An Educated Mind …
This quote from Aristotle translates as “Only an educated mind can understand (entertain?) a thought that is different than his own without necessarily accepting it.” I’m reminded of a segment I heard on NPR just yesterday about a college economics …
