Climate Change Nay-Sayers In Denial
Have you heard Burger King’s latest Whopper? They deny climate change.If you follow discussions regarding climate change (or the code word for those who deny the phenomena, “global warming”) you constantly come across those who say that it hasn’t been proven and that there are scientists who dispute the human impact on what is happening.Fair enough. There may be scientists, respected and Read Full Story
Climate Change Nay-Sayers In Denial
Have you heard Burger King’s latest Whopper? They deny climate change.If you follow discussions regarding climate change (or the code word for those who deny the phenomena, “global warming”) you constantly come across those who say that it hasn’t been proven and that there are scientists who dispute the human impact on what is happening.Fair enough. There may be scientists, respected and Read Full Story
If The Metaphor Fits . . .
Strange creatures, Republicans. Unwilling to see things as they are, they all but pathologically see government through self-serving lenses. At times, government must act more like a business – as when it comes to workers. Now, government must be more like a family – except when the family dictates behavior; then it becomes big brother.Businesses invest for growth; and investments come at a Read Full Story
If The Metaphor Fits . . .
Strange creatures, Republicans. Unwilling to see things as they are, they all but pathologically see government through self-serving lenses. At times, government must act more like a business – as when it comes to workers. Now, government must be more like a family – except when the family dictates behavior; then it becomes big brother.Businesses invest for growth; and investments come at a Read Full Story
Irresponsible Capitalism?
"It has often been said that the owner of a horse is responsible. If the horse lives, he must feed it. If the horse dies, he must bury it. No such responsibility attaches to a share of stock. The owner is practically powerless through his own efforts to affect the underlying property. The spiritual values that formerly went with ownership have been separated from it…. [T]he responsibility and the Read Full Story
Irresponsible Capitalism?
"It has often been said that the owner of a horse is responsible. If the horse lives, he must feed it. If the horse dies, he must bury it. No such responsibility attaches to a share of stock. The owner is practically powerless through his own efforts to affect the underlying property. The spiritual values that formerly went with ownership have been separated from it…. [T]he responsibility and the Read Full Story
Roots of Crisis; Roots of Change
The world we face today results from the rise of religious fundamentalism coinciding with our industrial decline coupled with the departure from the Democratic Party of Southern evangelicals and Northern industrial workers.I think this occurred because of the spread of the ideology of small government. The November election represents a tectonic shift in how we think.The charge that this shift Read Full Story
Roots of Crisis; Roots of Change
The world we face today results from the rise of religious fundamentalism coinciding with our industrial decline coupled with the departure from the Democratic Party of Southern evangelicals and Northern industrial workers.I think this occurred because of the spread of the ideology of small government. The November election represents a tectonic shift in how we think.The charge that this shift Read Full Story
Obama's Crispian's Day Speech
And if we do - if we come together and lift this nation from the depths of this crisis; if we put our people back to work and restart the engine of our prosperity; if we confront without fear the challenges of our time and summon that enduring spirit of an America that does not quit, then someday years from now our children can tell their children that this was the time when we performed, in the Read Full Story
Obama's