Concerns over President Trump’s mental health have waxed and waned over his term in office. At times he appears extremely consistent in his demagoguery as well as his wanton destruction of American values (like honesty and decency) and institutions (like democracy).
Author: craigshields
Surprise: Hate Crime on the Rise
Is there more hate crime in America under Trump, or does it just seem that way? Maybe the media is just more interested in reporting it, perhaps to spur ratings with sensationalized garbage. No, it’s not a figment of your …
Tesla Sells Fun
Considering how interested most Americans are about the performance of the cars they drive, it’s surprising that there isn’t even more people for the new Tesla Model 3. Via software called “Track Mode,” the Performance Model 3 is now “world’s quickest …
Here’s Why Trump Needs To (Physically) Survive
Most of us have encountered those who hope Trump somehow dies. I sure have; I know tons of them. Here’s a discussion, at the bottom of which I present my thoughts on why this isn’t a rational wish.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Destroying the Amazon
Question: The far-right nationalist Jair Bolsonaro, now president-elect of Brazil, said he will lift existing restrictions on land development. In what year did Brazil require all landowners to keep a percentage of their terrain forested–ranging from 20% in some parts of the country …
Let’s Hope the White Supremacist Movement Is Waning
Those who have never experienced an earthquake can only imagine how terrifying it is. Yet the terror resides exclusively in the fact that, when the ground starts to shake, no one knows if it’s going to be a 4.5 (no …
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What Happens in Henderson (Kentucky) Doesn’t Stay in Henderson
…. when that something is the closing of another coal-fired power plant. In this case, the results are better health for all citizens of Earth.
Filling the Open Seat at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
When the grid in the U.S. was established more than 100 years ago, its purpose was to provide electrical power cheaply and reliably. Now, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has a somewhat wider mission statement, i.e., to ensure “reliable, …
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Trump and Science
It’s said that “good laws need good science.” Thus the cause for alarm that the “Trump administration is breaking with 75 years of precedent by attempting to interfere in how science is practiced by the U.S. government, according to three …
The United States Need To Halt Its Decline
Here’s John F. Kennedy speaking at Robert Frost’s funeral: (Frost) coupled poetry and power, for he saw poetry as the means of saving power from itself.
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