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Better to "Dare Mighty Things"
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” -Theodore […] More
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Ageism Is Discrimination Against Seniors
Ageism is a real issue in today’s young oriented society. Some examples of ageism include: Losing a job because of your age. Being refused interest-free credit, Being refused a new credit card, Being denied auto insurance, or travel insurance Receiving a lower quality of service […] More
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The USA Have More People In Jail Than Any Other Country
Has U.S. Criminal justice reform made communities safer? In September 2013, the number of people in jail in the United States of America was the highest in the world. A total of 716 per 100,000 of the national population. While the US has only about […] More
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Empathy – The World Needs More Of It
What is empathy and do you practice it? The Mirriam-Webster dictionary defines empathy as “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, […] More
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Tourist Pollution Becoming a Bigger Problem
The world has too many people. And, of the current world population, there are too many people in the wrong places and not enough in the right places. Couple the “too many people in the wrong place” statement with the planet’s resources becoming more and […] More
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Why Government is not the Solution – And what is
And what is the most likely solution? Government will most likely always be a necessary social construct. While there will always be those fiercely independent types who elect to live as far away from governmental authority and control as possible, there will likewise and conversely […] More
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What is justice?
Every news outlet, online or otherwise, in the wake of George Floyd’s unnecessary death, has a story that describes protestors (understandably) “looking for justice.” But what is justice? In the old west, it meant an angry mob went after the offender and escorted him by […] More
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Can I Live?
Can I live? Yes, everyday black people breathe differently than others. Because breathing differently means knowing and acknowledging we don’t have the same experiences as others on a day to day basis. We walk around with 10 ears and 20 pairs of eyes. I as […] More
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Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility
Introducing a new way of doing things is never an easy task, especially when it comes to the development, planning, design and implementation of major Infrastructure Projects. “New and Improved” may be great at the supermarket but when it comes to resources such as energy, […] More
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Why Is Everyone So Crazy About Stephanie Meyer's Midnight Sun?
Way back in the day, Stephanie Meyer rose to prominence with her early 2000s vampire romance series, Twlight. The series became so popular among adolescent to young adult fans that it eventually got adapted to four subsequent films that grossed over millions of dollars. Now […] More
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THE CHOICE IS OURS
My friend, Diane, serves lunch at Saint Vincent de Paul. Daily she serves meals to the lines of the homeless and down-and-out. Voluntarily she does so: to anonymously give back to her community as well as to support her spiritual practice. Not everyone there is […] More
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The Madness of King Donald
There is something becoming very apparent that should be very, very alarming to the populace of the US. The king is mad. Madness in US leaders is not uncommon. What is madness? It can be loosely defined as a mental illness of such a severe […] More
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Our Lost Cousins
Our last remaining cousins, the Neanderthals, died out approximately 35,000 years ago. They were the second to last surviving bipedal apes before vanishing into the mists of time. We, homo sapiens, are the last ones standing. And, we are the final ones from a total […] More
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The Great 1812 War Between Canada and The USA
Since its creation, the USA has been in a number of wars. Actually, up to 2017, the USA had been at war 222 years of its 239 years as a nation. The first war of course was the American Revolutionary War or as some call […] More
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Ancient Farming Technologies
There is no doubt that technology has advanced by leaps and bounds over the last century. Some technologies … computers in this particular instance … are already outdated by the time they hit the retail store shelves. Nobody is advocating giving up computers and going […] More
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Overpopulation facts – the problem no one will discuss: Alexandra Paul at TEDxTo
Population, population, population. There I said it, every time I bring up this topic to people, I see their urge to grow wings like a butterfly and fly far away from me as fast as they can. I don’t blame them; population will still be […] More
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How can we build our part of the bridge?
https://nataliemcvay.com/2020/05/28/how-can-we-build-our-part-of-the-bridge/
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