Check out this quick but deeply moving story about Margaret Mead whose message is To be civilized is to help other people. People a couple of generations ago would have shrugged this off. “Obviously,” they would have said. Now, the concept …
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Do We Have an Allergy To Opinions?
The meme suggests that we’re more sensitive to opinions generally than we have been in the past, but that’s not the issue. The problem is that many people have opinions today that the rest of us find disgusting, and they …
The EPA’s Mission to Destroy the Environment Takes a Turn, But Is It for the Better?
As one can imagine, there is much rejoicing about Scott Pruitt’s resignation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The main issue here, however, is that Andrew Wheeler, until today the second-in-command at the EPA, is now its acting administrator, …
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The Worst Part about Trump Is that His Spineless Entourage Encourages Him
While late-night television host Trevor Noah certainly makes a good point in the meme at the left, one has to think that most people who encourage Trump do so because they’re afraid of what will happen if they don’t, not …
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A Pair of Notes on Trump
A reader notes: Trump is not the entire problem. Oh, I totally admit that Trump isn’t the entire problem; in fact, I view him as a symptom of the problem that started here when the neoliberal movement began about 40 …
