This from the oft-quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson. I suppose the issue is: How bad are these so-called “bad times?” I’m as interested in learning as the next guy, but I don’t really want to find out what world fascism or …
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Craving a Personal Peace?
FWIW, I don’t feel this way at all. With Trumpism on the rise, we live in a time of great peril, not only for the United States, but for the entire planet. If this goes the wrong way, we have …
Pessimism, Anyone?
Between environmental collapse, world fascism, and nuclear holocaust, it’s not easy to name the threat that is most likely to take us down. And let’s not forget runaway AI. Carl Sagan warned us many decades ago that we are a …
The Future Will Bring Suffering, But …..
It’s unclear precisely what academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist Dr. David Suzuki is referring to here. Perhaps the collapse of the natural environment. Perhaps world fascism or the disappearance of the middle class. Whatever the case, and with all …
Is Humankind Bettering Itself?
Today is the 100th birthday of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. According to the Writer’s Almanac, the show was the first sci-fi series to depict a generally peaceful future, and that came from Roddenberry’s fundamental optimism about the human race. …
American Patriot Thomas Paine Wanted a Better Tomorrow
This remark by U.S. patriot Thomas Paine, arguably the greatest force in bringing about the American Revolution, is even more important today than when it was made 250 years ago. That’s because “trouble” is far more terrifying now than it …
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Our “Plastic-Surgery World”
My brilliant and sensitive friend Zan Dubin Scott writes: This is why we can’t have nice things: we live in a plastic-surgery world and buy too many new things all the time. They’re spraying this gorgeous fir GREEN! It’s not …
Antifa Isn’t a New Idea
Between 1942 and 1945, my father, a B-17 bomber pilot and the crew he commanded, flew missions “disturbing” 29 German oil refineries that were being used to fuel the cause of white supremacy and world fascism. They didn’t call themselves …
Dealing with Rising Seas
Recently, I edited a book for a friend who has written a futuristic novel that projected significant damage to low-lying cities via sea-level rise. I pointed out that seawalls will play a significant role in keeping coastal cities from the …
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Dealing with the Morally Challenged
The good news for this civilization is that there are many millions of people working tirelessly to keep it from imploding into itself, whether from environmental damage, nuclear war, world fascism, social injustice, or any number of other forms of …
