American patriotism has also gotten in the way of solving global warming. Many in the United States, which consumes 25 percent of the world’s resources but has just 4 percent of the world’s population, believe we have the God-given right to use up all the resources we can. And there is an all-too-common attitude that we don’t need to listen to any other countries, or the U.N., or obey any international agreements because we’re Americans, and we’re better than everybody else.Matthew Rothschild: world citizen.
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Progressive Magazine Editor Doesn't Celebrate July 4th
Progressive magazine editor Matthew Rothschild doesn't like July 4th: