https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/07/01/its-not-easy-being-green-2/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 18:49:20 -0400<![CDATA[Poor Kermit. He lived too soon. Had he waited a few years, he would have found it all-too-easy, indeed almost mandatory to be green. &#8220;Environmentalism,&#8221; as the philosopher Harvey Mansfield observed years ago, &#8220;is school prayer for liberals.&#8221; It has that Award-Winning, Never-Fail, Left-Liberal combination of 1) providing its exponents with an ever renewable (and hence environmentally sound) source of self satisfaction (&#8220;I recycle/drive a hybrid/don&#8217;t use plastic/only bathe weekly . . . Do you?&#8221;) and 2) it is infinitely elastic: you can never be green enough. There are always new prohibitions to impose, new causes to espouse, new ways to demonstrate your moral superiority over your neighbor. What great religion! The Green shall inherit the earth . . . .]]>Tue, 20 May 2008 03:45:36 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/05/20/its-not-easy-being-green-2-n114842