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Green Junction: Think about your freshwater. By Julie Peller Ph.D.

Spring is the season of more daylight, more sunshine, and the renewal of plant life. Warmer temperatures and plentiful rainfall bring about budding trees and bushes and green grass. Among colorful spring flowers, the beauty of yellow dandelions emerges. Dandelions are known to contain many nutrients and have been used for food, drinks, and medicinal benefits for […]

April 30, 2022
Do you think you understand Techies?

Ever scratched your head wondering what drives people like Gates, Ellison, Jobs, Dell, Zuckerberg, Yang, Dorsey, or hundreds of others who gave “birth” to the autonomous world of technology and wonder where they “fit” in the social-political world we live in? If so, you need to understand the origins of ‘Silicon Valley’ and the people […]

April 28, 2022
Easter and the East, They Get it!

Indeed He is Risen! In the East, you have Jesus holding the hand of Adam and Eve and leading them out of Hades. Keep in mind Hades is not Hell, as we think in the West it is just the place where the dead go. In this painting of the resurrection, We see God’s outreach […]

April 17, 2022
“What does Love have to do with it?”

Does evolution always win in The end? Is violence why empires grow and fall? The evolution of the universe and the particular species on this plant adopt a change to survive. It is why viruses mutate. One of the differences in humans is humans are prone to addictions. And violence and violence against their own […]

April 15, 2022
Something To Think About during Holy Week

The reason we study history is to understand patterns, history doesn’t repeat, but the designs replicate. Please think of the US in our current state of affairs. Do we have a big völkisch church brewing in the US? Maybe the völkisch church in the US will be multi-denominational? It is essential to study comparative religions […]

April 12, 2022
Green Junction: Carbon footprints by Julie Peller Ph.D.

Leaders from countries with the largest carbon footprints recently met to discuss last November’s climate goals in Glasgow. An overall conclusion was that the necessary actions to reduce carbon emissions and slow climate change are not being implemented fast enough. As an example, the world used 9% more coal in 2021 than in 2020. While we look […]

March 28, 2022
Green Junction: The Quality of Water by Julie Peller Ph.D.

The quality of surface waters in Indiana is poor according to a recent analysis of surface waters across the country. Although some improvements have been made over the past years in reducing industrial and sewage discharges, there are deficiencies and continued efforts to weaken the state’s environmental laws. The outcome is an extensive amount of […]

March 26, 2022
Technology is not the big bad wolf at the door of humanity

The word’s etymology, Technology, leads back to the Greek ‘techne’, derived from technique and technics. Aristotle observed that “Every techne and every inquiry, and similarly every praxis and pursuit, is believed to aim at some good” ~ Think Eudaimonia technology is found in every societal revolution, agricultural, industrial, and now the autonomous process. Technology makes […]

March 13, 2022
Green Junction: Look around the house what do so many items have in common? By Julie Peller Ph.D.

What do curtains, carpets, furniture fabrics, insulation, and certain plastics often have in common? Flame retardants; are chemical additives that have been incorporated into many common goods and often in response to state and federal flammability requirements. As the name implies, these chemical compounds are added to reduce the flammability of materials or slow the […]

March 10, 2022
A Great Article by Daniel P Horan

As a “baby boomer’ I found this article to be inspiring and hopeful. “Gen Z does not need our patronizing admiration, but our sincere respect and the opportunity to lead us, teach us and show us older folks what we are missing and where we need to go.” https://ncronline.org/news/opinion/why-young-adults-generation-z-give-me-real-hope… via @NCRonline ncronline.org Why young adults […]

March 9, 2022