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Crime of the 21st Century

Perpetrators of Apocalypse, or, The Seven Circles of Hell

By Samuel Miller McDonald
September 19, 2017

Crime of the 21st Century

ime to have a talk / it will not be fun / buckle up. Feel free to skip to the end at any point for pleasant pictures of adorable animals. You and I are witnessing the twenty-first century’s great crime: a global holocaust whose first victims have already perished. And I mean holocaust, from Greek holókaustos, translated as “whole” and “burnt” – the whole enormity of life … [Read more...]

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Personal Actions Can Fix Climate Change…That Recent Study Didn’t Mention Them

By Samuel Miller McDonald
July 17, 2017

Personal Actions Can Fix Climate Change…That Recent Study Didn’t Mention Them

Every now and then, articles like this get passed around on Facebook telling us that if we stop [eating meat / flying in airplanes / driving cars / having children / having fun] we can have an impact on climate change. This is complete nonsense. First, despite these articles calling them “individual” actions, these are very much not “individual” actions, they are … [Read more...]

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Cost of Democracy

Fair or Unfair, High Wealth Taxation is Necessary for a Functional Market Economy and Democracy

By Samuel Miller McDonald
May 4, 2017

Cost of Democracy

t the heart of the debate on taxation is the question of whether it is fair or unfair to heavily tax extreme wealth. The fact is, it does not matter. We must reinvest most of the money currently held by the wealthiest Americans into public revenue. We need to do this in order for our country, economy, and democracy to function. No country can maintain a functional economy or … [Read more...]

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Protecting Science and Public Health

In the Trump Era, Citizens Need to Defend Science and Health Research

By David J.X. Gonzalez
February 6, 2017

Protecting Science and Public Health

cience welcomes skepticism. It also welcomes dissent and criticism. Before being published, new scientific ideas go through layers of review by people who are experts in the field. Old ideas aren’t safe either. Researchers can build their careers on challenging commonly held assumptions. But when convincing, rigorous evidence and theory accumulates, it should be considered … [Read more...]

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What We Can Learn from Improv in the Time of Trump

We need to support each other, throw everything at the wall, and make hard commitments.

By Matt Maiorana
February 5, 2017

What We Can Learn from Improv in the Time of Trump

I’m terrible at improv, but I love one of the golden rules behind it. "Yes, and..." The idea that you don’t block what somebody else is saying, but instead accept it and move the story forward with your own contribution. We need to be a "yes, and..." movement right now. We need to be throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. We need to all be dreaming and … [Read more...]

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