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The Pope and Slavery*
Back when they built ships to transport slaves, they added near the top what they called a bishop’s chair. That is where a bishop came on board and from that chair converted en masse those who were below and would be sold as slaves. Without their consent or understanding, they were declared Christians, and the…
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Should We Have Trillionaires?
It’s a dumb question and an impossible one since it already exists. Yet it is a necessary one. A trillion is a difficult sum to fathom, it means a 1000 billion, just as a billion is a 1000 million. Still, it is necessary because it speaks of and to income inequality. It reveals and aggravates…
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Non-Binary Genders Cultures
For some, gender is fixed, male and female. We in the West now recognize that is not necessarily so, there are others, usually fitting within the LGBTQ spectrum. That is us, but actually there are other cultures who more formally recognize genders going beyond male and female. It’s comforting to know that some cultures think…
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