According to Umair Haque’s latest piece, it’s time to leave America. He says that Americans have maybe two or three years to go before it becomes a fascist country, and then all minorities will be persecuted. …
There are many out there who will tell you that it’s not possible for green energy to replace fossil fuel energy. Anyone who thinks it’s possible isn’t paying attention. This may be possible in another 80 years, but right now, we don’t have the technology. …
I have the privilege of having being In Cape Town, George (both in South Africa), London, Dusseldorf (Germany), Lisbon, and Porto (Portugal) during the time of this Coronavirus pandemic. As a result, I have some experience with the way people in these places have responsed to Covid. This involves observing…
I see people as people. I can never think of those who read me as fans. If you read through all my articles on writing, you will see that I refer to ‘fans’ or ‘followers’ as readers. To me, readers are the most precious of human beings. …
One of the reasons I don't relate to people who don't have the gumption to say what they think is because they're sitting on the fence. They don't want to hurt feelings or suffer the consequences of saying what they think. Psychologists and counsellors do this a lot.
Except there's a marriage counsellor in Florida (I think) whom I read about a few years ago. Charges $20,000 or $60,000 or some astronomical amount to see couples, and she only sees them once. And then she tells them which one is wrong.
Apparently there are a lot of couples out there who just want the vindication of letting their partners know that they are wrong.
Most people think of the economy as business, and it is, to some degree true. However, it is only true because that is the way we have set up the economy. An economy is any system that produces and distributes goods. It doesn’t have to be run by business. It…
I started my Born to Write magazine because I was really peeved with the number of scammers out there who wanted to charge other people in order to know how to be successful at writing. All these courses, to my mind, are bs. …
I am shocked.
I knew intellectually that it was likely that we would be approaching near extinction levels by 2100 but nothing like this. Around me, the trees and flowers and fragrance are lush. …
As an atheist, I am not a believer in gods, spirituality, and general mumbo-jumbo. I did, however, spend a considerable part of my life involved in these things. One day, I woke up, and I realized it was all bullshit. I have never felt more free and more relieved in…
If there is one trait that puts me right off anyone, it’s catching them in a lie. I don’t particularly care how small that lie is, it is still a lie. And a lie tells me that someone has a fundamentally weak character.
Let me demonstrate that to you. Or…
