Tag: life
Suicide watch on Planet Earth
Even for an old man like me, it’s a terrifying thing to watch humanity make a decision, however inchoate, to essentially commit suicide.
Four Score and Seven Years Ago… at Disney World
Have we been living in a futuristic science fiction novel through the most bizarre American century yet? Tom Engelhardt discusses the demobilization of the American people and the spectacle of the 2016 elections.
All Forms of Life Are Sacred
Just because animals are cognitively different from us, why is it people's belief that they have lesser moral value? Using them is the ultimate problem—it does not matter how well we treat them.
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How many fools and oppressors will America tolerate – along with election-defying lunatics?
Do not the latest primary wins by unelectable extremists explain why the GOP is squandering its Senate chances?
The great pivot: why Dem green energy IRA will steamroll fossil fuels and help...
A new world is dawning, one in which humanity dodges the huge hail of bullets of the climate emergency.
The UN just declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment –...
Even though declarations like this one are not legally binding, they can be vital tools people can use to pressure governments and private companies to protect or improve human well-being.
Sanders crafts amendment to close ‘holes’ in Medicare that ‘are harming seniors’
"Adding dental, vision, and hearing benefits to Medicare is supported by 84% of the American people," said an aide to the senator, who plans to propose including the expansion in Democrats' reconciliation package.
Nancy Pelosi Could Get Us All Killed
“A single spark could ignite this combustible situation into a crisis that escalates to military conflict. Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan could provide it.”