Anger As a Cultural Value
2013-08-05 – Robert Reich writes about anger in America and chalks it up to social inequality, with a little help from the media and social media. I have no quarrel, […]
Tag Archives: philosophy
Rat Heaven
2013-08-13 – Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered signs that rats have near-death experiences (NDEs) similar to those reported by humans when the heart stops beating and […]
Pathway to Citizenship
2013-07-16 — Pending now in Congress is an immigration bill. A big issue in the bill is the so-called “pathway to citizenship.” I am in favor of such a pathway. […]
Driverless Harleys
2013-07-10 – There’s been a lot of news lately about driverless cars. Here’s a video about the Google driverless car. Google’s system has logged hundreds of thousands of miles without an […]
Evil Cohort
2013-07-07 – Think about cave people. Can you imagine cave people rounding up 30 11-year-olds and forcing them to sit in rows for six hours a day with only one […]
90 More Shopping Days
2013-07-03 – Chicago used to have its big fireworks on this day. I used to go every year. Eventually, the event was combined with the Taste of Chicago and […]
Fixing the World
2013-06-20 – I’ll let creationists and evolutionist debate Chapter 1 of the Book of Genesis. Today, I want to take on Chapter 2. Here’s the language I want to dispute: […]
Sacred Economics
2013-05-20 – I just read a book called Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein. It was recommended to me by my friend […]
Trophies for Just Showing Up
2013-05-15 – You see it everywhere: people decrying a culture that gives trophies for just showing up. It’s socialist, they say, not to demand excellence, to reward behavior that anyone […]
Listen, Asshole!
2013-05-08 – I spent nearly 10 years as a volunteer community mediator. These were “minor” neighborhood disputes that had gotten out of hand. Many came to us because one of […]
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