Toward a Sustainable Future

The Culture War Over Abortion

The Culture War Over AbortionIndeed, there is a huge culture was in the US and at least one element of it focuses on abortion.

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When it comes to accepting evolution, gut feelings trump facts

Some scientists are beginning to understand that it is not "fact" that creates acceptance of new concepts, like evolution or global climate change, but rather our gut inclination to believe those facts. This is influenced by the culture and beliefs of people around us.

Thank You For Standing Up, by Chris Hedges

Hedges implores us to look beyond the political media charades in the headlines and engage in the deeper debate that is taking place in the Occupy Movement, and outlets such as Democracy Now! Link TV and investigative reporting.

The Role of Labor Unions in a Free Market Economy.

Are Labor Unions a natural and necessary part of a free-market economy?  Guilds and unions are ancient attempts to avoid exploitation by employers.  Any person who hires others can decide to pay less than a fair share of their profits in wages to their workers.  Wo …

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Holy Capitalism !!! Fundamentalism of the Fiscal Kind.

Holy Capitalism: Here is How The Republican Conservatives Take Religious Faith in God and Transform it into Economic Faith in the "Invisible Hand" of the Free Market.

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America and the Pursuit of Happiness

America and the Pursuit of Happinessby Earon S. DavisListen to Mitt Romney talk about the pursuit of happiness.

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Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Officials Charged with Fraud

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Officials have been charged with fraud by the US Securities and Exchange Commission 

Grand Theft - Country

I was just reflecting on the picture that has emerged about the corruption of our banking elites and how they bought off Congress and regulatory agencies so they could steal our country blind.  This wasn't any foreign invader or terrorist.  It was our fellow Americans,  …

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Baby Boomers Declare Occupy Wall Street Protestors to be Protected - Join in!

We, the Baby Boom Generation, victims of the immoral and illegal war against Viet Nam, decided and declared that our children would not be subject to a draft forcing them to serve in immoral and illegal wars. And it came to pass that the draft was abolished.

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American Exceptionalism is a Myth

Well, ok, it's not exactly a myth. It's more of a lie.

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How Our "Greatest Generation" Sold the American Dream.

  As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to spread and grow, we are seeing a generational shift of leadership to those of you in your 20’s and 30’s.

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Re-Thinking the South's Battle Against Humanism

Re-Thinking the South's Battle Against Humanism. I get the sense that right-wing Evangelicals in rural America are, in their own way, trying to protect America from the corporate take-over that has been occurring and causing the breakdown of families and family values.

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Mandatory Drug Testing for Congress and Supreme Court - To Take Our Country Back

  Americans need to consider mandatory random drug testing - for Congress and the Supreme Court, and that's just for starters.

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If We Clear Out Our Ideological Cobwebs, Perhaps America Can Have a Long Overdue Discussion

Ideologies are systems of rationalization, abstractions removed from real life.  One could assert that democracy could never work, or that feudalism would always work, that fascism was evil or good.  Libertarianism could be the fuel of anarchy.  Liberalism could be …

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Common Ground Between Conservatives and Liberals. Can You Feel It Growing?

Common Ground Between Conservatives and Liberals.  Can You Feel it Growing? Too often, Liberals are so concerned with freedom for those conspicuously being abused by society that we forget to protect our own rights from erosion by corporate controlled government.  Corpo …

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Income Inequality is Destroying America - Not Motivating Growth

  There is a great TED talk by Richard Wilkinson solid data on how economic inequality is harmful; the more inequality the greater the harm.

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Remember, Joe, There Is No Tea Party !

There is no Tea Party.  It is a diffuse movement without leaders.  It is generally very socially conservative, and it has galvanized anger at government as its theme.  Of course, there is plenty to be upset about, especially since government has been corrupted  …

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Is American Business Purposefully Destroying Our Nation?

Today, according to numerous news sources, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, John Boehner, told America that "job creators in America are on strike."  In Labor terms, that might be called a "lockout" rather than a "strike."  This is startling langua …

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Does the Tea Party Really Want to Lynch Black Folks? Why Andre Carton was Wrong, But Not for the Reasons You May Think

This is a disquieting essay from Chauncey DeVega about the deeply racist roots of America.  I agree with him that "History is not fair. It is often ugly. It can be uncomfortable.

Our Radical Summer Is Not Over. Let's Rebuild the American Dream !!!

  There have been epochs in history during which many political and cultural revolutions (and “revivals”) have occurred.  The rioting in Great Britain may be showing us what can happen when a potential revolt caused by the realization that working peop …

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Where Are All The Republican Crackpot Candidates Coming From?

Are you wondering why we are cursed with so many Crackpot Republican Presidential Candidates?  Well, there actually does seem to be a pattern as our political revolving doors continue to be crammed with right-wing Republican candidates. From what I can figure, the Republica …

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Republican Extremists Embrace Anti-Christian Values

Republican Extremists Embrace Anti-Christian Values We are witnessing rising levels of greed, rage and gluttony today, often encouraged as positive social values by the various Republican leaders.  America is literally under siege by forces seeking to undermine universal …

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Divine Primates: A Journey to Sustainability

I have been thinking about how to call upon our ancient wisdom traditions to encourage our cultures to be more sustainable. Most of these traditions seek balance between body, mind and spirit in order to create inner harmony and outer peace.

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Cultural Technology for Sustainable Living

by Earon S. Davis, J.D., M.P.H.

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