We like to think we’ve evolved, that the savagery of the past belongs to men in powdered wigs and chainmail. But the truth is simpler, darker: we have only become more efficient at destruction.
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Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man,or Thief
Poverty doesn’t necessarily have a face you’ll recognize Half the world lives on less than $2.50 a day 900 million people cannot read or write. Over 2 billion don’t have clean water or basic sanitation, and one-quarter of humanity lives without electricity. Every 3.5 seconds, a child dies from poverty. The ravages of the Covid Pandemic followed by theContinueContinue reading “Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man,or Thief “
Don’t Rush Your Trip: A European Travel Itinerary for the Mindful Explorer
Are you planning a trip to Europe? Make sure you don’t underestimate the distances and time required to move from one location to another. Don’t turn your vacation into a race as you tick locations off your bucket list, because that would be a real shame.
The Winter of Our Discontent
Many of you are probably familiar with Steinbeck’s novel, The Winter of Our Discontent, which essentially means now we are in a period of misery. The combination of extreme heat, fires, droughts, flooding, supply chain, and transportation disruptions, plus the disproportionate price hikes of fuel and electricity means that we will be seeing a lot less food on store shelves this winter. Meanwhile the rich will keep partying and flying around in their private jets just as they did during the Corona Virus Pandemic.
Words Have Power 