“Happiness and blessedness do not belong to abundance of riches or exalted position or offices or power, but to freedom from pain and gentleness of feeling and a state of mind that sets limits that are in accordance with nature.” ( The Essential Epicurus”, by Eugene O’Connor, Great Books in Philosophy series)
What is it about Greta Thunberg that makes people so angry?. How can a 16-year-old in plaits, who has dedicated herself to the not unreasonable cause of saving the planet, inspire such incandescent rage? Following her recent speech to the UN, in which she excoriated world leaders for their lack of action, her critics were …
Each day unfurled, Another world! God sits up there and gently nurses Spanking, brand new universes. Purblinding flash! Oh, boom, oh, crash! A zillion atoms spun in space. Where did they fly? Some place, some place. For thirteen billion years, we’re told, Did God his galaxies unfold With neutron stars and cosmic rays. Thus …
Since 2010 the number of pedestrians killed by cars in Europe and US has steadily increased every year, in the States by 41% in the ten years between 2008 and 2018. It is more dangerous, per kilometer of travel, to be a pedestrian than to be a driver or passenger in a vehicle. Worldwide, more …
Even if every car on the road was electric, it wouldn’t solve the problem of urban air pollution – because exhausts aren’t the only source of vehicular emissions. According to a new government report, over half of the air pollution attributed to road transport comes from brakes and tires. Each time a car is driven, …
