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Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if we lived on…

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There is enough oil in the ground to deep-fry the lot of us, and no obvious means to prevail upon governments and…
...every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and…
Is the divine presence a Republican? Or is He/She/It running an inter-galactic fossil fuel conglomerate?...whatever the explanation may be, the Paraclete appears…
Even when nuclear power plants go horribly wrong, they do less damage to the planet and its people than coal-burning stations operating…
It is a campaign not for abundance but for austerity. It is a campaign not for more freedom but for less. Strangest…
When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be…
The institutions founded 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war' have failed. Since the end of WW2, some thirty million…
Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if…
Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse?
If global warming is not contained, the West will face a choice of a refugee crisis of unimaginable proportions, or direct complicity…
The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on the lights,…
The schedules are crammed with shows urging us to travel further, drive faster, build bigger, buy more, yet none of them are…

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I've always been pro-life from conception to natural death. It's important for the Republican nominee to maintain what we stand for. We… — Michele Bachmann
A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for… — Arnold Bennett
Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient. — Milton Berle
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient. — Josh Billings
Everyone works hard when they want to, when they get quick results, when it's convenient to put forth effort. The best work… — Peter Vidmar
The society wants you to have beautiful personalities; the society wants you to have personalities which are comfortable for the society, convenient… — Rajneesh
No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient. — Arthur Miller
He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. — Walter Lippmann
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear. — Baron de Montesquieu
I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil. — Alan Greenspan
From the point of view of the economy, the sale of weapons is indistinguishable from the sale of food. When a building… — Eduardo Galeano
Al Gore has a hit movie called 'An Inconvenient Truth.' I have an inconvenient truth for him: you're still not the president.… — Stephen Colbert

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