494 years ago today, Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther for condemning the Catholic Church in his 95 theses. This serves as a reminder that, of the many common bonds shared by all humankind, this one serves as perhaps our most admirable: We …
Tag: damage we’re wreaking on our environment
Contemplating the End of Earth
Of the 4700+ blog posts I’ve written here since 2009, several dozen contain the suggestion that our civilization as we know it may be headed for extinction within the next century. What’s most likely to take us down? Any of …
