A few months ago, when we were discussing plans in Ann Arbor to hire a small army of so-called “ambassadors” who would be charged with both warmly welcoming visitors and shooing so-called “street people” away from downtown, some of us questioned just how compassionate our neighbors to the west were. Well, apparently it’s no longer […]
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Ann Arbor declares itself to be “Compassionate”
Posted in Ann Arbor, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged Ann Arbor City Council, Charter for Compassion, Chuck Warpehoski, compassion, homelessness, income disparity, inequality, International Campaign for Compassionate Cities, poverty, self-congratulatory, Washtenaw County's Affordable Housing Needs Assessment, wealth inequality 20 Comments
Religion, a net positive?
A few days ago, in response to a post about my aunt, who had been swindled by a member of her church in Wisconsin, a reader by the name of Mr. X left the following comment. Has religion given us more good than bad, historically speaking? I’d like to say that it was a positive […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ayn Rand, Caleb Brokaw, evil, fire, good, hypocrisy, Jesus, morality, pedophilia, rape, religion, Rome, Science, sexing, survival of the fittest, the revolutionary nature of the Golden Rule, the wheel 11 Comments