Only hermits living in caves still deny the reality of climate change and our role in making it worse than it need be. Some smart companies are becoming serious about it, but the short-sighted, short-term money people and the oil companies, the much-admired “market&rdquo, have managed to thwart nearly every attempt at an answer. Turkeys …
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8oo years!!! Can you imagine…after 800 years a government can casually set aside an historic (truly historic!) legal safeguard that scores of people fought for and safeguarded through thick and thin, through civil war and revolution. And where is the outrage from the erstwhile trumpeters of freedom and liberty? Hark to the words of a …
Is it possible to enjoy ataraxia (tranquility) without the prospect of a good pension?
Can you honestly count as a friend someone you only see twice a year?
How close are American gated communities to idea of the Epicurean garden, where people can live among those with like interests, enjoy tranquility and live without fear? Or are they in fact divisive signs of a breakdown of social cohesion?
