Archive for the 'ethics' Category

HIMALAYAN GLACIERS

                               HIMALAYAN GLACIERS
 
updated 5:25 a.m. EDT, Mon October 5, 2009
(CNN) — The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035 according to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
 
Wed Jan 20, 7:30 am ET
GENEVA – A U.N. warning that Himalayan glaciers were [...]

POLITICS AND RELIGION

   For as long as I can remember I have heard people say “Don’t discuss politics or religion”.That makes sense because both are subjective issues and people usually adhere to religion as a ‘faith-based system of salvation’. Faith is the sticking point.
People do not change unless given a reason and since the principles of a [...]

IN MEMORIAM

AUBURN            1904-1937
CORD                  1929-1937
CROSLEY           1939-1952
DUESENBERG   1913-1926
ESSEX                  1919-1932
HUDSON             1910-1957
KAISER               1945-1956
NASH                   1916-1957
PACKARD       [...]

GREED versus NEED

A reader sent me an e-mail today that made me think about greed as the source of discontent in our society.

There is a connection between conservatism and greed but it is not an absolute “A=B”.
One can be ‘conservative’ (as I am) and not be greedy (as I am not).
Greed stems from conservatism but [...]

Freedom To Fail

    I apologize to my readers for not keeping this BLOG updated but I received a comment from a regular reader and it set the ’spark’ that was necessary.
   The reader I refer to has a site definitely worth visiting: www.blog4brains.com.
   I guess that’s what it takes. We are simply humans and it seems that [...]