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Michael  #64 Thank you for the book review. “… we should remember that the planet got along nicely for billions of years without us, it will get along nicely if we disappear.” Ah, Michael! What a shame the […]

H is for Hope, Climate Change A to Z, by Elizabeth Kolbert   This book is relatively short (160 pages in the hard cover edition) it is loaded with information.  As the title indicates, each chapter relates to a le […]

LaurieB # 64. Thanks for the link and the book recommendations!!

Let’s remember Christopher Hitchens’ words that fascism is the political arm of the right wing of the Catholic Church.  The Orthodox and the Catholics are first cousins in both religious and political matters.    

Strato # 15.  That article from the Guardian was good.  Of course, I’ve never been to a Trump rally and my exposure to those who are Trump supporters is almost zero. YouTube is flooded with interviews with tru […]

@ Strato #15, I shouldn’t have said “they,” but instead the generic “one.” Because there but for fortune go I. And it again valorises the old “them and us” mindset. But I know what it’s like to be in the cult. […]

Donald Trump   ‘Christian nationalists embrace Trump as their savior – will they be his? Christians opposed to infidelity and immorality have embraced a thrice-married man who can’t name a single Bible vers […]

Michael 100   Sapolsky was interviewed by Sam Harris on his website. Subscribers hear the whole thing but those who don’t subscribe can hear part of it. The politico article was paywalled for me but I think […]

michael 100  re your climate crisis post i haven’t read elizabeth kolbert’s h is for hope yet (i read her sixth extinction a few years ago) but judging by today’s sunday morning walk there is hope two swans […]

Speaking of Sapolsky, California voters would do well to read chapter 14 of Determined before they vote on a measure to reintroduce more harsh penalties for drug and property crimes.  I don’t know if this link wi […]

Strato #12 April Open Discussion:  I wonder if there is a way to move your review from the Open Discussion to the Book Club — maybe the Mods could help. Superb review. I thought you did an excellent job […]