Author: craigshields

Bill Mahrer has a point here, but it needs to be kept in perspective. Most of us Boomers can remember when late-night comedy shows rarely had any political content.  Johnny Carson’s viewers had no interest in the subject, and even …

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Of all the stupidity coming out of the White House, this crap about sending troops, outfitted to engage in armed conflict to save our “war-ravaged” cities from the radical left may be at the very top of the list. I …

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As screwed up as our society is, we all need to keep in mind that most Americans are not Charlie Kirk.  Yes, the media is raking in uncountable amounts of money by sensationalizing his assassination but let keep this in …

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The meme here implies that solar thermal was ill-conceived from the start. Here’s a fair assessment of what happened: Near the close of the 20th Century, the world began to recognize an intense need to replace the fossil fuel sources …

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Russian Anarchist Emma Goldman was once named the most dangerous woman in America by the FBI, and at the left we can see why. Her views resemble that of John Lennon, i.e., we have the capacity to build a world …

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Throughout history, there have been many social critics who have observed that public education represents a real danger to the ruling class.  Here’s what George Carlin said on the subject: Governments don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of …

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It’s easy to look at the pic here and say, “Well of course people got along back then; it’s a group of hippies. What did you expect? OK, well let’s ask ourselves what the conservatives were doing 50 years ago. …

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Donald Trump is the only thing young people know about the American presidency: rude, classless, and sociopathic. The rest of us have lived through 10 – 15 presidential administrations and see that it’s only a matter of time before Trump …

Life on the Edge Read More »

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Where did all this ignorance, violence, and bald-face lying come from?

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America has fallen off a cliff when it comes to class, but do any of us deserve to be disgraced like this?

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