Index to Nat's essays on civics
(mostly post 5Nov24)
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Nat’s essays on civics (introduction), 6 November 2024
Abortion / women’s rights
Conservatives Want to End 'Exceptions' for Women’s Lives, 25 November 2024
Antiabortion states decide not to take the temperature, 11 December 2024
Activism - what you can do
Why I am ditching X and Tesla, 29 January 2025
Will ketchup be part of the Trump resistance? 27 January 2025
How to hope in a near hopeless time?, 16 December 2024
We should change what we buy and watch and increase our political activity, 16 December 2024
How to be effective as a political activist - what you do NOT need to do, 14 December 2024
What will you do? And other essays, 19 November 2024
What blogs I follow, 17 November 2024
How to fight evil (financially), 12 November 2024
Business
Lying should be grounds for termination, 8 February 2025
Integrity versus profits, 22 January 2025
What Musk cannot buy, 20 December 2024
The bad drive out the good, 2 December 2024
Remote employees - our philosophy, 28 July 2023
Employees are the heart and soul of your business, 7 March 2023
Economy
The Cowboy Myth, 8 January 2025
Prepare for the Trump recession, 21 November 2024
Globalization under Donald Trump, 13 November 2024
Freedom
The Contrarian, 14 January 2025
The importance of a free press, by Hannah Arendt, 16 November 2024
Government
Of, By and For the Billionaires, 21 January 2025
Michigan is my country now, 28 November 2024
People get the government they deserve, 9 November 2024
Health and science
Creating government departments "in exile", beginning with the CDC, 31 January 2025
America's anti-vaccine killers, 9 January 2025
COVID is still killing people, but less than before. 2 January 2025
The Lancet: The perils of RFK Junior's anti-vaccine leadership for public health, 30 December 2024
Take It From a Scientist. Facts Matter, and They Don’t Care How You Feel, 22 September 2024
Middle East / Antisemitism
Middle East peace, 1 January 2025
Why don't Palestinians and their supporters give a damn about Palestinian lives in Gaza? 17 December 2024
Genocide, 13 December 2024
The Regional Organization for Peace, Economics & Security, 29 November 2024
The Palestinians in Gaza need better friends, 18 November 2024
Miscellaneous
How Black History Month Began, 1 February 2025
Heroes, 20 January 2025
Thoughts from Japan: RESPECT, 31 December 2024
Ralph Waldo Emerson: On Love, Beauty and the Purpose of Life, 24 December 2024
The history of the Thanksgiving holiday was not what you think it was, 29 November 2024
How to be successful, 19 October 2024
It's tough to be an expert, 17 October 2024
Trust your senses - don't be intimidated, 9 October 2024
Why I write, 29 August 2024
Looking for work, 18 June 2024
Trash to treasure, 14 June 2024
How I get my news, 7 June 2024
Why politicians don't want to leave, 26 May 2024
My superpowers, 14 May 2024
Tips re mobile phones and passports, 2 May 2024
National Women's Month: Ruth Bader Ginsberg, 1 April 2024
Passing a new voting rights act to deal with our shameful history on African-American voter suppression, 7 March 2024
Thanksgiving 2023, 23 November 2023
If I had more time, I would make it shorter, 3 October 2023
Be a principled consumer, 2 October 2023
Nat's online dating tips, 29 September 2023
Prayer applicable to everyone from Yom Kippur, 26 September 2023
My most popular posts in 2021-2023, 15 September 2023
Darkness and light, 13 September 2023
How to solve difficult problems, 6 September 2023
Are you happy and confident with your life? 28 June 2023
Reducing our burden on friends and family as we age, 23 June 2023
Stay away from evil, Part 1, 12 June 2023
Poetry ban - "The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman, 26May23
Have you decided to Ditch the Lawn? 5May23
Politics
If You’re Worried About the Future of Our Country, Do Something About It, 27 December 2024
Every vote matters, 27 November 2024
Election related essays by others, 7 November 2024
Politics - Voter challenge
Berkley / Huntington Woods Youth Assistance receives a check for $500 for the 2024 Voter Challenge, 30 January 2025
Ferncare receives a check for the 2024 Voter Challenge, 15 January 2025
2024 Voter Challenge results, 26 November 2024
The 2024 Voter challenge has begun for 8 Michigan communities, 12 June 2024
Charities selected for the 2022 Voter challenge, 2 January 2023
Voter Challenge Winners for 2022, 18 November 2022
2020 Voter challenge results, 1 January 2023
Scholarships and prizes
Free community college in Michigan, 2 August 2024
Congratulations to Berkley High School Scholarship winners, 29 July 2024
Charitable giving, 10 November 2023
Supporting Detroit Public Schools, 21 August 2023
Awarding excellence in Detroit Public Schools, 12 July 2023
Congratulations to Berkley High School Graduates, 14 June 2023
Wayne State University scholarships, 10 April 2023
Terrorism
Reject terrorism or expect to die, 10 November 2024
Trump
Lying should be grounds for termination, 8 February 2025
Trump and brilliance (they are not related), 6 February 2025
A primer on the Trump resistance, 2 February 2025
The U.S. military is declining under Trump, 28 January 2025
Why Americans like Trump, 26 January 2025
The Lost Decades, 23 January 2025
My predictions for 2025, 17 January 2025
Donald J. Trump is insane, 11 January 2025
6 January 2021, part 2, 7 January 2025
6 January 2021, four years later, 5 January 2025
The end of the Trump era, 3 January 2025
Yes, you can be like Donald J. Trump in one easy step! 28 December 2024
Our President-elect is a simpleton, 25 December 2024
Loyalty vs. subservience, 6 December 2024
Preparing for a police state, 15 November 2024
The major dangers from Trump #47, 8 November 2024
Trump voters - you're being conned, 14 November 2024