power Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/power/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:22:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 More Powerful Than Opinion https://smthingscount.com/2020/07/02/more-powerful-than-opinion/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:29:14 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9331 We all want our opinion heard. If you doubt that, look at postings on social media. You’ll find a multitude of ideas people hold and

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]]> Why Are We Overrun by Immigrants? https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/19/why-are-we-overrun-by-immigrants/ Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:32:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8193 A new United Nations report has an answer. It points out that almost 71 million people have left their home countries, not because they want

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]]> The Power of Play https://smthingscount.com/2018/02/05/the-power-of-play/ Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:09:13 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6636 These people are just clowning around–or are they?  (Thanks to Audria  Schmidt for this.)  

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]]> What the Heck Does “Speak Truth to Power” Mean? https://smthingscount.com/2017/12/11/what-the-heck-does-speak-truth-to-power-mean/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:35:32 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6457 It’s a phrase that has recently become popular, although it is, by no means, new.  It goes back to 1955, when the Quakers used it

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]]> A Superior Race of Mutants? https://smthingscount.com/2016/03/15/a-superior-race-of-mutants/ https://smthingscount.com/2016/03/15/a-superior-race-of-mutants/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:51:16 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4662 When I hear shouts of White superiority I can’t help wondering if it’s because we’re mutants.  Humans didn’t start out white.  Scientists attribute the lighter

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2016/03/15/a-superior-race-of-mutants/feed/ 2 DVR and Cable Costs https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/23/dvr-and-cable-costs/ Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:24:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4489 There are two energy-gobblers you stare at daily yet don’t think much about.  One is your DVR. If you seldom use it, unplug it until

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]]> What are the Children Guilty of? https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/19/what-are-the-children-guilty-of/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:42:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4479 More ISIS and Taliban bombings in the news, killing more children.  My question for those groups is this: What have the children done to offend

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]]> Cheaper Electric Cars https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/12/cheaper-electric-cars/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:47:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4449 Although I’d love to switch from an environmentally harmful gas car, I’ve had several concerns.  One is that there haven’t been any electric mini vans

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]]> Take Power Today https://smthingscount.com/2015/09/23/take-power-today/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:52:33 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4157 Today is a day when all Americans are urged to take control of their and their country’s destiny.  It’s National Voter registration Day.  If you

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]]> Hurrah for Denmark! https://smthingscount.com/2015/07/13/hurrah-for-denmark/ Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:26:55 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3948 This one’s for people who know that wind is not a practical source of power. Just look at Denmark.  They overdid it with their wind

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