Carl Sagan left us 28 years ago. I don’t think he’d be too impressed with the changes this country has gone through since. For example, in 2016, we elected Donald Trump president of the United States. Now a convicted felon, he’s …
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A Message To America From Mid-19th Century Russia
Leo Tolstoy wrote: When I read your letter it seemed to me impossible that I could send any message to the American people. But thinking over at night, it came to me that, if I had to address the American …
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“America First”–Racist, Nationalist Since Its Inception
“America First” and “Make America Great Again” are the two most prominent slogans of Trump and his supporters. Once could argue that they’re not too much worse than “God Bless America,” because it too suggests that there is something exceptional, …
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Goodyear Employees Told Not To Wear “Make America Great Again” Attire
This just in: Trump discouraged Americans from purchasing Goodyear tires after it was reported that company employees in Kansas were told not to wear “Make America Great Again” attire or other politically-affiliated gear: “This is what the Radical Left Democrats …
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Frightening Times in American Culture
Many people wonder how it’s possible that American society could have fallen so quickly and so hard into this pathetic state of disrepair. How did it come to pass that we elected a sociopath, and, even more astoundingly, how does …
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There Are No More Apolitical Americans
Along with all the damage it’s wrought, the Trump phenomenon has had a very positive effect on this country: it’s brought essentially all Americans out of the political closet. At this point, virtually everyone here believes one of three things …
Paris Agreement Represents Huge Opportunity for U.S.
Here’s an article that explains why it’s in the U.S.’s best interest to embrace the Paris Agreement on climate change and lead the world in the development of clean energy. There’s no rocket science here: it’s about the jobs that …
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An Unfortunate Shift in Our Thinking on Climate Change
As shown in the video below, it wasn’t that long ago that both political parties in the U.S. accepted the science surrounding climate change and saw the imperative to take steps to mitigate it. Now all that’s changed—but what kind …
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