We live in a convenience-based society. But that convenience comes at a huge price, which we never see. Put simply, industry, in it’s pursuit of profit to cater to our lifestyle, is killing the planet.
What You Can Do About Global Warming
Societal Issues
Male Violence
by Ross Bishop From the Pulse nightclub in Orlando to The Borderline bar in Thousand Oaks, CA . . . We have a problem. From the Emanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston, SC to the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh . . . We have a problem. For the thousands of women who will awaken this morning, black and blue from being beaten . .Read more
Understanding Conservatives
by Ross Bishop Progressives and conservatives have been engaged in political conflict since forever, and although we have learned empirically to deal with each other, it has been only recently that we have begun to understand the origins of our respective differences. Although there are many factors that contribute to a person’s political perspective, researchers have begun to pinpoint theRead more
The World Isn’t Ending
I get questions about the disaster predictions. People are confused because they have been told the end is coming and yet their daily lives have been largely unaffected, unless of course, you consider the storms on the East coast, the tenuous economy, school massacres and the completely dysfunctional political system. Most people anticipate a cataclysm, and although that may happen,Read more
Being Better Consumers
By Ross Bishop The corporations who control society are not interested in doing anything about the situation because encouraging the consumer lifestyle is the source of their livelihood! So the responsibility falls to us to do something about it. Whether we will accept that challenge remains to be seen. Arundhati Roy wrote, “The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuseRead more